Luis Robert proving to be worth the Mets’ wait

Sometimes the finest trades are consummated on second possibilities, and the Mets’ do-over deal of Luisangel Acuña to the White Sox for Luis Robert Jr. appears like a winner to date.

There have been stated to be “a thousand iterations” of Robert commerce situations thrown round beginning final June. But given a second alternative to execute the Acuña-Robert change six months after the Mets first urged it at the deadline, the groups made it stick.

Robert, an uber-talented however injury-prone former star, is off to a boffo start in Queenschanging into the first Met since John Buck in 2013 to file 5 hits and 5 RBIs in his first three video games (by way of SNY). Nobody can assure he’ll regain the 38-homer 2023 type, however of us on each side of this commerce believed the bright lights, playoff expectations and Mets clubhouse makeup may gain advantage Robert after two very down years. Another massive plus, Mets folks say: Superstar Juan Soto welcomed Robert particularly warmly, and the two share a again nook of the clubhouse collectively.

“We saw a really talented player having a tough time staying on the field consistently,” Mets baseball president David Stearns stated. “He’s still a very talented player who’s a good person who works hard.”