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PORT ST. LUCIE — Steve Cohen has visions of dropping below what even he wryly called on Tuesday the “Cohen Tax” threshold.

I bet he believes the day is coming in the next few years when David Stearns has overseen a farm system that annually delivers difference makers and depth.

I think he is sincere about his vision, this desire, this cost-cutting expectation.

I just do not think it will happen, at least not any time soon. Because Steve Cohen will get in the way of Steve Cohen. As one so competitive and aspirational, is he really going to let money he has in abundance slow his quest for championships (plural)?