{"id":873226,"date":"2026-08-30T00:12:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T00:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/873226\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T00:12:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T00:12:40","slug":"mets-place-luis-robert-jr-on-waivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/873226\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Place Luis Robert Jr. On Waivers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mets have placed outfielder Luis Robert Jr.<\/a> on outright waivers, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com<\/a> reports. The league\u2019s other 29 teams have 48 hours to claim Robert, who is eligible to continue playing for the Mets during the process.<\/p>\n

The Reds took the same tack<\/a> earlier this week with third baseman Eugenio Su\u00e1rez<\/a> and outfielder TJ Friedl<\/a>, though they remain with the team after going unclaimed<\/a>. The same fate may await Robert, who is still owed about $4.89MM (including a $2MM offseason buyout). A claiming team would take on all that money, leaving the out-of-contention Mets with some salary relief. The Mets would also save 110% in luxury taxes (an additional $5.4MM), as MLBTR\u2019s Anthony Franco<\/a> noted in a piece identifying Robert as a candidate to hit waivers.<\/p>\n

Robert, who debuted as a prized prospect in 2020, opened his career with the White Sox and put together a few quality seasons. He made his lone All-Star team in 2023, a year in which he slashed .264\/.315\/.542 (129 wRC+) with 38 home runs, 20 stolen bases and 5.0 fWAR over 595 plate appearances. Robert struggled to stay healthy from 2024-25, however, and his offensive production plummeted.<\/p>\n

The White Sox cut the cord on Robert when they traded<\/a> him to the Mets last winter. New York made that move (and several others) with the belief it would contend for a World Series this year, but the team got off to a horrid start and never recovered. Now 60-75, the Mets are a dozen games out of a Wild Card spot with a month left in the season.<\/p>\n

Then sitting a miserable 10-20, the Mets placed Robert on the IL with lumbar disc herniation on April 30. Robert did not return until July 20, which gave the Mets two weeks to find a taker before the Aug. 3 trade deadline. They received little interest<\/a>, however, and were unable to find a trade partner.<\/p>\n

Robert was hitting a woeful .197\/.290\/.320 when deadline day rolled around, but he has produced more like his All-Star self since then. The 29-year-old has hit an excellent .286\/.342\/.557 (143 wRC+) over 79 plate appearances in August. Thanks to his hot streak this month, he owns a league-average line of .228\/.308\/.407 with 10 homers in 214 PA this season.<\/p>\n

Robert has only stolen two bases, but he continues to possess 90th-percentile sprint speed. The athleticism has helped the one-time Gold Glover continue to earn passing grades in the field this year. Over 46 games and 382 1\/3 innings in center, Robert has been credited with 2 Fielding Run Value, 1 Defensive Runs Saved and a neutral Outs Above Average mark.<\/p>\n

In the event Robert has boosted his stock enough for a contender to claim him, he will be able to participate in the playoffs with a new club.\u00a0 This situation will be resolved by the Sept. 1 postseason eligibility deadline.\u00a0 If Roberts goes unclaimed and finishes 2026 with the Mets, they will likely decline his $20MM option in favor of the buyout after the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mets have placed outfielder Luis Robert Jr. on outright waivers, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports. The league\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":873227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,17859,591,85],"class_list":["post-873226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-luis-robert","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873226","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=873226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}