Every expectation this coming offseason is that the Mets will be one of the heaviest suitors for free agent right fielder Juan Soto. Sure enough, Mets owner Steve Cohen is headed to California next week to meet with Soto and his agent,

After New York Mets owner Steve Cohen scheduled a meeting with free agent Juan Soto next week in California, Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner did the same.

While they are expected to be contenders for most of the marquee free agents, it is not a foregone conclusion that star outfielder Juan Soto is atop the Mets' wishlist, nor is it a certainty that homegrown slugger Pete Alonso will return — at least according to former MLB general manager Jim Bowden.