Red Sox president Sam Kennedy, chairman Tom Warner, chief baseball officer Craig Breslow and manager Alex Cora were in attendance, McAdam reported. No word on whether they discussed eventually moving Soto out of the outfield and into a full-time designated hitter.

The New York Mets will do "everything necessary" to sign superstar slugger Juan Soto in free agency, executive Carlos Beltran recently told Joseph Reboyras of Primera Hora, a Puerto Rican newspaper, at a charity pickleball event.