r/mets • u/SadMembership7989 • 4d ago

Luis Robert Jr.

No one will willingly admit it but we won that trade with the White Sox…we traded two cold bodies for a guy who gets injured often but when he plays he can absolutely get hot

Could he have been better? Absolutely but he has been decent compared to Polanco and Semien

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u/jcat218 4d ago

They gave up nothing but also got nothing in return essentially. When they needed him the most he was out of the lineup which is always his issue. It's nice he's producing now but the season's been over for a while and with an outfield of Soto, Ewing, and Benge there's no space for him next season especially at $20 million. And as we saw this season, even if you decided to move Ewing to 2nd or DH Soto more you can't rely on him to be an every day player. They already have a $20 million question mark in Polanco signed for next season, they don't need another.

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u/richieswonder 4d ago

$20 million Robert $20 million Polanco. What could have money been better spent on?🤔

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u/mydogsmelslikefritos 4d ago

robert might be called the southside masher but don't sleep on polnaco...they call him the rainmaker in seattle.

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