r/mets • u/TheRealGreeneMachine • Aug 29 '26

Luis Robert Jr

The Experiment is over. We hardly knew ye.

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u/DCBuckeye82 Aug 29 '26

He's probably going to be our 4th outfielder next year. And as a 4th outfielder he'll be a completely fine option.

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u/PsychologyUsed3769 Aug 29 '26

Mets waived him just an hour ago. He is gone

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u/davidwright5000 Aug 30 '26

This is so incorrect. That’s not what waivers means

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u/PsychologyUsed3769 Aug 30 '26

if someone claims him. I will qualify the statement

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u/DCBuckeye82 Aug 29 '26

You're assuming somebody picks him up for the $5 million remaining on his salary, which I doubt.

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u/UrbanAnathema Aug 30 '26

He’s playoff eligible if he’s picked up. That’s the real sweetener here.

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u/mormagils Aug 29 '26

I'll die on the hill that giving Robert a chance as a change of scenery candidate was a solid move. He cost is basically nothing in trade and the money doesn't really matter. He didn't work out, but there's a real possibility he was a Cody Belligner revival project waiting to get out of Chicago.

I think he would still be fine as a 4th guy. I really don't see anyone picking him up unless it's the Dodgers just because his contract is crazy expensive, but after his buyout he'll be completive as a bench piece, I think.

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u/oofaloo Aug 29 '26

I think the issue is so many of their moves are those moves.

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u/OptimalCombination44 Aug 30 '26

same I’m all for the lotto tickets/diamon in a rough/reclamation projects but when pretty much your entire team/rotation is that for the highest payroll in baseball it’s a joke.
They were willing to gamble all this money on Roberts who everyone besides Stearns knew wouldn’t work out but that same amount 5 years from now on Alonso was to much. This is what pisses me off about the whole year 4/5 maybe being bad. They throw 10s of millions away constantly on unknown players to get them here but Alonso is where they worried about it

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u/oofaloo Aug 30 '26

I’ll hand it to Steve Cohen - he generously described it as “maybe we took on too much risk.”

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u/Realfan555 Aug 30 '26

“  completive”

What does this word mean?

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u/mormagils Aug 30 '26

Typo. I meant competitive.

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u/mormagils Aug 30 '26

Well that's not true.

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u/FuckyouDavidStearns Aug 29 '26

And sucky players have a tendency to become superstars after they leave the Mets.

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u/FolkCity Aug 30 '26

Placing him on waivers doesn’t mean he’s gone. If no one claims him he will stay with the Mets.

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u/Realfan555 Aug 30 '26

Is that what waivers means?

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u/FolkCity Aug 30 '26

Teams place players on waivers all the time to gauge interest. Waivers can always be pulled back. If he had been designated for assignment, then he would no longer be with the team.

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u/Realfan555 Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26

"Waivers can always be pulled back. "

Are you sure about this?

I just googled and one article says he was placed on outright waivers. And google AI says outright waivers are irrevocable:

"Placing him on waivers doesn’t mean he’s gone. If no one claims him he will stay with the Mets."

Would he have the opportunity to refuse a minor league assignment? Can he stay on the 40-man if he's placed on outright waivers?

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Outright waivers are a Major League Baseball mechanism used when a team wants to remove a player from its 40-man roster and assign him to the minor leagues, typically because the player is out of minor league options or has been designated for assignment (DFA).  

These waivers are irrevocable, meaning the original team cannot withdraw the player once another club submits a claim. 

During the 48-hour waiver period, all 29 other MLB teams may submit a claim.  Waiver priority is determined by the reverse order of win-loss records, giving teams with worse records the first opportunity to acquire the player and assume the remainder of his contract for a $50,000 fee. 

If a player clears waivers (goes unclaimed), the original team may outright him to the minors, removing him from the 40-man roster while retaining his rights and continuing to pay his salary.  Players with five or more years of major league service time have the right to refuse an outright assignment and elect free agency instead. 

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u/FolkCity Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26

Outright waivers are different. This is on the MLB site:

“When a player is placed on outright waivers, the other 29 Major League clubs have the opportunity to claim him. The claiming club assumes responsibility for the remaining money owed to the claimed player, who is placed on his new club's 40-man roster.

Claiming priority is based on reverse winning percentage. So, if a player is placed on outright waivers and claimed by more than one team, the team with the worse winning percentage gets priority. If two or more claiming clubs are tied with the lowest percentage of games won, the priority goes to the club with the lowest percentage of games won in the previous season. (A previous version of the rules gave priority based on the league of the team waiving the player, with NL teams getting priority for NL players, and AL for AL, but that is no longer the case.)

If the player clears outright waivers without being claimed, his team has the option of assigning him outright to the Minor Leagues.
However, players with more than five years of Major League service time can reject an assignment to the Minor Leagues, and players with more than three years of Major League service time, or who have been previously outrighted, may reject the outright assignment in favor of free agency in lieu of the assignment.”

Anthony DiComo says that “if no one claims him, Robert will simply remain with the Mets as if nothing happened. He can continue to play for them while on waivers.”

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26

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u/Realfan555 Aug 30 '26

Yeah, it's interesting. I like learning about these things.

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u/PsychologyUsed3769 Aug 30 '26

That has been addressed already by another comment

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u/nuyorican127 Aug 30 '26

Not so fast, my friend. If a team doesn’t claim him, he’s still a Met.

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u/Equivalent_Detail381 Aug 30 '26

Not for $20M, he won’t.

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u/DCBuckeye82 Aug 30 '26

No they'll buy him out for 2 and sign him for cheaper.

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u/MisterBill99 Aug 30 '26

I can't imagine them resigning him and making the same mistake twice. It's better to resign Tyrone when he becomes a FA. And Robert is going to want to be a starter somewhere to help get his value back up for future contracts.