With it appearing more and more the free-agent slugger is a priority for the team this offseason, Mets owner Steve Cohen plans to travel to Southern California next week to meet with Soto and his agent, Scott Boras, according to industry sources. Several other owners are expected to meet with Boras and Soto in the coming weeks.

In the four years since Cohen purchased the team, Boras has demonstrated that his long-standing, career-making ability to convince owners to spend big — spend massive — on players very much extends to the Wall Street giant-turned-Mets boss. And Cohen is very much a willing participant.

Mets owner Steve Cohen will try to woo Juan Soto away from the Yankees this offseason in what will be a duel between billionaires.