Juan Soto starting to eliminate teams from negotiations, agent Scott Boras says Boston 25 News [Video]

LOS ANGELES — (AP) — Juan Soto is starting to drop teams from negotiations ahead of baseball’s winter meetings next week.

Likely to approach or set a record contract, the free agent slugger has met with the New York Yankees, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays.

“When you’re going through these things, he’s just got a lot of information to meld through,” agent Scott Boras said Tuesday after the Los Angeles Dodgers’ news conference to introduce Blake Snell, another of his clients. “We’ve had meetings with a number of franchises. He’s begun the process of eliminating teams and doing things and so he’s — Juan is a very methodical thinker. So we’ll see. But I don’t think anything is imminent in the near future.”

Soto is the top player available among this year’s free agents. A four-time All-Star, he finished third in AL MVP voting after hitting .288 with 41 homers, 109 RBIs and 129 walks for the Yankees. He has a .285 …