New York Mets owner Steve Cohen is scheduled to meet with free-agent outfielder Juan Soto and Soto's agent, Scott Boras, next week in Southern California, according to the New York Post. Soto and Boras are expected to meet with other owners and braintrust groups between now and whenever Soto makes his decision.

The drop-off from Soto to, well, just about any player in the free-agent and trade markets is steeper than a roller coaster. It’s the Offseason of Soto, who, in Boras’ distinctive words, is “the Mona Lisa of the museum.” And Boras knows from Harper ...