{"id":33585,"date":"2025-07-30T05:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T05:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/33585\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T05:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T05:39:09","slug":"mets-white-sox-discussing-luisangel-acuna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/33585\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets, White Sox Discussing Luisangel Acuna"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mets have been tied to White Sox center fielder\u00a0Luis Robert Jr.<\/a> in trade rumors for months. Talks between New York and Chicago are ongoing, and MLB.com\u2019s Mark Feinsand<\/a> writes that the Mets remain one of the more aggressive suitors.<\/p>\n

According to Feinsand, Mets infielder Luisangel Acu\u00f1a<\/a> is among the players whom the teams have discussed. USA Today\u2019s Bob Nightengale<\/a> wrote over the weekend that the White Sox wanted\u00a0Mark Vientos<\/a> included in a Robert return. Even with Vientos amidst a down year, that\u2019s a significant ask given Robert\u2019s offensive inconsistency. The 23-year-old Acu\u00f1a has not shown anywhere close to the same upside as Vientos did a season ago, when he batted .266\/.322\/.516 with 27 home runs.<\/p>\n

Acu\u00f1a is a much better defensive player than Vientos, but he has a more limited offensive profile. The righty-hitting Acu\u00f1a has a career .253\/.300\/.354 line with a trio of homers in 91 games. He has a similar .260\/.303\/.356 slash in 640 Triple-A plate appearances. Acu\u00f1a is a decent contact hitter but has minimal power.<\/p>\n

With\u00a0Francisco Lindor<\/a> locked in at shortstop, Acu\u00f1a has mostly played second base in Queens. Prospect evaluators credit him with the athleticism and arm strength to play shortstop. That could make him more valuable to another team than the Mets. The White Sox are using Colson Montgomery<\/a> more often at third base. Fellow rookie\u00a0Chase Meidroth<\/a> is playing more shortstop. Meidroth has a good approach but only has managed three homers in his first 82 MLB games. Most scouting reports while he was in the minors projected him as a long-term second baseman.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear how likely the Mets are to land Robert, nor is it a guarantee that Acu\u00f1a would be in the return. He\u2019s presumably one of many players whom the teams have discussed as they kick around potential frameworks. The Sox have at least floated the idea of holding their center fielder beyond the deadline if they don\u2019t get a strong prospect package. Robert is technically controllable for two more seasons via successive $20MM club options.<\/p>\n

It\u2019d seem more likely that he\u2019ll be bought out for $2MM next offseason, but the White Sox have pushed the idea that they could exercise the first option rather than accept a suboptimal trade return. Their actions over the next 36 hours will reveal whether that\u2019s a genuine consideration or a mere negotiating stance. In addition to New York, the Padres and Phillies have shown recent interest in Robert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mets have been tied to White Sox center fielder\u00a0Luis Robert Jr. in trade rumors for months. Talks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,4008,12425,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-33585","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-luis-robert","11":"tag-luisangel-acuna","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}