{"id":818182,"date":"2026-07-23T06:25:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T06:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/818182\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T06:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T06:25:16","slug":"mets-receiving-interest-in-luis-robert-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/818182\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Receiving Interest In Luis Robert Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mets have received preliminary trade interest in\u00a0Luis Robert Jr.<\/a>, report Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon of The Athletic<\/a>. He was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Monday after missing almost three months due to disc inflammation in his back.<\/p>\n

Robert has two weeks to demonstrate his health before the August 3 trade deadline. He was in the starting lineup on Monday and Tuesday. The Mets gave him a rest day this afternoon in Milwaukee, using him as a pinch-hitter. He\u2019s 1-10 with a solo home run and five strikeouts since coming back. Robert has a .211\/.306\/.337 slash line with a trio of homers across 108 plate appearances on the season.<\/p>\n

The Mets clearly haven\u2019t gotten much from their rebound flier on the talented but oft-injured outfielder. New York parted with\u00a0Luisangel Acu\u00f1a<\/a> and pitching prospect\u00a0Truman Pauley<\/a> to acquire Robert from the White Sox in January. Acu\u00f1a is having a rough season and Pauley is struggling to throw strikes in Low-A. The biggest cost for the Mets was their decision to absorb Robert\u2019s $20MM salary and a $2MM buyout on his 2027 club option, which is also valued at $20MM. That came with a 110% tax that made this a $46.2MM investment.<\/p>\n

Robert has neither stayed healthy nor bounced back to his 2023 form. He\u2019s a below-average hitter over the past three seasons, batting .222\/.290\/.368 in almost 1000 plate appearances over that stretch. Robert still has plus-plus bat speed and the tools to be a high-end defensive center fielder. The physical upside intrigued the Mets, but his lack of durability and a propensity for chasing off the plate have kept him only slightly above replacement since his excellent \u201923 season.<\/p>\n

The Mets are reportedly reluctant<\/a> to eat money to facilitate trades for their forthcoming deadline sale. They\u2019ll likely need to make an exception on Robert, who\u2019ll be owed close to $8MM through the end of the season (including the buyout). They\u2019re unlikely to find anyone willing to take full freight given the latest injury.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no reason for the Mets to hold him beyond the deadline, though. They\u2019re not going to exercise the 2027 option and don\u2019t have everyday at-bats to offer in an outfield with Juan Soto<\/a>, Carson Benge<\/a> and\u00a0A.J. Ewing<\/a> and Jorge Polanco<\/a> working as the primary designated hitter. Interim skipper Andy Green will find ways to get Robert into the lineup for the next couple weeks as a showcase for other clubs.<\/p>\n

The Diamondbacks, Astros, Cardinals, Guardians, Orioles, Padres, Rays, and Phillies are among the teams that could be involved in a thin center field market. The Rangers could add a right-handed hitting outfielder. Daulton Varsho<\/a> should be the top rental center fielder available with the Blue Jays plummeting. Controllable trade candidates at the position include Jake McCarthy<\/a>, Jacob Young<\/a> and change of scenery possibilities like Colton Cowser<\/a> and TJ Friedl<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Robert is one of a number of Mets players who should be on the move in the next 10 days. Freddy Peralta<\/a>, Clay Holmes<\/a>, A.J. Minter<\/a>,\u00a0Tyrone Taylor<\/a>\u00a0and Brooks Raley<\/a> are their other impending free agents. There\u2019s been talk about the Mets potentially extending<\/a> Holmes or issuing him a qualifying offer instead, but Rosenthal and Sammon report that a trade is still the likelier outcome.\u00a0Luke Weaver<\/a> and\u00a0Huascar Brazob\u00e1n<\/a> are among the players under control beyond this season whom the Mets could look to deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mets have received preliminary trade interest in\u00a0Luis Robert Jr., report Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon of The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,199099,17859,591,85],"class_list":["post-818182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-clay-holmes","tag-luis-robert","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}