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.

Scott Boras, the Avenging Agent, recently called one of his clients, Juan Soto, “the Mona Lisa of the museum.” The baseball media, familiar with the agent’s hyperbolic history, dutifully added this entry into the man’s Rolodex of Hype. Yet it’s ...

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.