CARLSBAD, Calif. — Steve Cohen and Adam Cromie met face-to-face Tuesday night, sources told The Post.

The expectation was that if that meeting went well, Cromie would be made an offer to be the Mets general manager.

Cohen had spoken by teleconference previously with the former Nationals assistant GM. Mets president Sandy Alderson already had met with Cromie. That a face-to-face meeting was set up with Cohen suggests that Alderson was satisfied with this candidate to fill the GM slot.

Before departing the general managers’ meetings Wednesday night, Alderson said the Mets had not yet extended an offer to a GM candidate.

“I don’t have any expectation about the timing,” Alderson said. “We’re still going through the process … there’s still a lot of considerations on the table.”

Cromie worked for the Nationals from 2007-2017, rising to assistant GM. He left to practice law in Pittsburgh. He kept his hand in the game by, among other things, helping a few organizations with arbitration cases.

The Mets have endured a frustrating search for someone to run baseball operations. They initially pursued a president of baseball operations — as they did last offseason. But heavyweight executives, such as Billy Beane, Theo Epstein and David Stearns were either disinterested or could not get out of current contracts.

Thus — as they did last offseason — the Mets pivoted to just a GM search. They picked Jared Porter last year and fired him a month into his term after revelations that he had sent inappropriate texts to a female reporter while in a previous job. Porter’s replacement on an interim basis, Zack Scott, was placed on administrative leave in September after his DWI arrest in White Plains. Scott was fired last week, as he awaits a Dec. 8 trial following a not-guilty plea.

Alderson has been serving as the general manager since September. He has presided over decisions such as Luis Rojas’ removal as manager, picking up the option on pitching coach Jeremy Hefner and extending qualifying offers to Michael Conforto and Noah Syndergaard.

Alderson was asked what his role in baseball operations will be once the new GM is hired.

“I think that will depend on who the general manager is and what level of experience they have,” Alderson said. “I will be available. I won’t be omnipresent, but certainly would expect to be available and provide whatever insight I can.

“That’s also a function of not just level of experience, but also time, so that I might be more involved in conversations or in consultation or advice early, rather than late. As this person becomes more familiar with the organization, more comfortable in the role, I would expect that my involvement would diminish.”

Alderson said the organization still has positions in player development that need to be filled, in addition to the obvious need to hire a manager and coaching staff.

Managerial candidates have been discussed “briefly” with potential GM hires, according to Alderson.

“Most of the candidates do have a list in mind, but I haven’t really tried to enumerate who they are,” Alderson said. “We also have a list — lists aren’t that difficult to put together.”