Jennifer Lopez’s bid to become New York Mets owner may bring team more glamour say sports insiders

The New York Mets baseball team has always lived in the shadow of the iconic New York Yankees.

But perhaps ‘Jenny from the block’ could bring her star quality to help the cursed franchise pull ahead of the Bronx Bombers.

Jennifer Lopez could spark a glamorous makeover to the New York Mets baseball team as she and  fiance Alex Rodriguez are leading a bid to buy the sports franchise.

According to the New York Post’s Page Six column industry insiders believe that the 50-year-old A-lister’s involvement could bring some much-needed glamour to the team.

A source told the publication: ‘Forget about any other owner, or even any player. One thing Jennifer has is the No. 1 social media following.’

The chart-topping star has 126 million followers on Instagram, and she could use her popularity to help raise the profile of the team.

The move to buy the franchise has been likened to Jay Z’s involvement with the Brooklyn Nets, with an industry insider explaining that Jay ‘made it cool to go to Barclays Center’.

The source explained: ‘They’d leave no stone unturned. It’s going to be an entertainment experience.’

Jennifer and Alex, 44 – who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball – would be Latino owners in a business dominated by white men.

And it’s been suggested that the pop star’s involvement with a franchise could help to improve the image and perception of the sport.

The insider explained: ‘Someone like Jennifer brings so much to the games, and MLB needs that right now.’

The loved-up couple are reportedly putting up around $300 million of their own money as part of the takeover bid.

It is interesting to note that J-Lo grew up in the Bronx as a Yankees fan and Rodriguez played for the Mets rival franchise from 2004 to 2016 with a season long suspension for performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) from 2014-15.

NFL star Travis Kelce – who is also part of the investment group – is excited by the prospect of working with Jennifer and Alex.

He told ESPN: ‘Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez are a star-studded couple that have gotten to where they are because they work their tails off. And they’re good human beings.

‘I thank them for letting me be a part of this.’

 They’ve teamed up with Kelce’s fellow NFL stars Brian Urlacher and DeMarco Murray, as well as a group of investors in submitting an initial bid of $1.7billion last week.

According to the New York Post: ‘Mets COO Jeff Wilpon would prefer to sell the team to J-Rod if their offer is close to the best bid at the end of the auction.’ 

Lopez and Rodriguez announced their engagement last March, and they’ve mostly kept wedding plans to themselves.