LUIS ROBERT TRADED

[Bob Sacamano]

1 minute ago, Buehrle>Wood said:

Glad the people who wanted to make a trade for the sake of making a trade got their wish at least. Just horrible.

Yep. Glad we no longer have to wait for him to start hitting in July only to get injured and miss a chunk of time again

[WestEddy]

7 minutes ago, nrockway said:

Acuña is kind of a player. Don't think we needed another infielder necessarily. Know nothing about the pitcher.

Would've rather just kept Robert tbh but the return is better at this point in time than I might have expected. Watch him go out and produce 5 WAR though. Beats declining his option at least.

So who plays CF?

Acuña

[chw42]

1 minute ago, 2Deep said:

Any chance they take the savings from Robert and spend on another outfielder?

I think they spent that on Murakami. 

[Autumn Dreamin]

[Sleepy Harold]

5 minutes ago, Timmy U said:

Horrific trade. Acuna is not really a starting caliber player and the other guy is a 12th rounder from last year. WHO the hell is gonna play center. Pure. Salary. Dump.

 

 

[Stinky Stanky]

Penthouse to outhouse. One.of many from Ricky’s Boys. 

[fathom]

4 minutes ago, 2Deep said:

Any chance they take the savings from Robert and spend on another outfielder?

Conforto….gross

[Buehrle>Wood]

4 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Yep. Glad we no longer have to wait for him to start hitting in July only to get injured and miss a chunk of time again

We saved Jerry money though and that is what is most important here.

[chw42]

If they sent no money at all, then that explains why the return is so bad. But when your payroll is as low as ours, the money doesn't really matter and you'd rather get something more useful back than a utility player and a 12th round pitcher. 

[The Beast]

4 minutes ago, 2Deep said:

Any chance they take the savings from Robert and spend on another outfielder?

Logically that makes sense. But this is a Reinsdorf owned team.

[southsider2k5]

https://www.amazinavenue.com/2025/7/16/24468646/2025-mets-draft-profile-truman-pauley-rhp

 

Apparently Pauley is a data darling whose never really been good.

[fathom]

2 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said:

 

 

Pathetic, the rumors of them being willing to send money were bogus 

[Bob Sacamano]

2 minutes ago, fathom said:

Pathetic, the rumors of them being willing to send money were bogus 

Yeah they def should have been willing to kick in like half. Fuckin dumb.

[southsider2k5]

2 minutes ago, Buehrle>Wood said:

We saved Jerry money though and that is what is most important here.

This is such a D list operation.

[baseball_gal_aly]

Um, people also need to remember that Robert has been injured and sucked for the last two seasons. 

[WestEddy]

7 minutes ago, 2Deep said:

Any chance they take the savings from Robert and spend on another outfielder?

Maybe they'll extend Kelenic. 

[Quin]

Goodbye, sweet prince.

[Buehrle>Wood]

Is Acuna really 5'8 180? That makes Meidroth look big. Why do we trade for players with 0 power potential?

Edited 1 hour ago by Buehrle>Wood

[Timmy U]

Acuna had an OPS+ of 62 last year. In 2400 minor league at bats he has 41 HR and an OPS of .741. Guy’s a R/R tweener who is probably a utility player and a pinch runner. Mets got all the upside here. Frankly, I would rather have a couple of teenaged lottery tickets.

[fathom]

1 minute ago, Buehrle>Wood said:

Is Acuna really 5'8 180? That makes Meidroth look big.

Shorter

[WestEddy]

7 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said:

At least as a Harvard grad, he'll have a "high baseball IQ". 

[southsider2k5]

1 minute ago, baseball_gal_aly said:

Um, people also need to remember that Robert has been injured and sucked for the last two seasons. 

It's wild what free agents are going for, and we still sucked hind tit with Robert, refusing to pick up cash to the end to get an actual return. 

[southsider2k5]

2 minutes ago, Timmy U said:

Acuna had an OPS+ of 62 last year. In 2400 minor league at bats he has 41 HR and an OPS of .741. Guy’s a R/R tweener who is probably a utility player and a pinch runner. Mets got all the upside here. Frankly, I would rather have a couple of teenaged lottery tickets.

"Nothing" seems like a pretty accurate description of the return. 

[WestEddy]

6 minutes ago, fathom said:

Pathetic, the rumors of them being willing to send money were bogus 

Or, sending money didn't get them much more interest. 

[baseball_gal_aly]

2 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

It's wild what free agents are going for, and we still sucked hind tit with Robert, refusing to pick up cash to the end to get an actual return. 

Doesn't change the fact that Robert is overpaid.