{"id":69251,"date":"2025-05-31T17:59:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T17:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/69251\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T17:59:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T17:59:11","slug":"mets-predicted-to-trade-for-50-million-outfielder-after-juan-soto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/69251\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Predicted to Trade for $50 Million Outfielder After Juan Soto News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mets Predicted to Trade for $50 Million Outfielder After Juan Soto News<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Few would fault a manager for sitting down with a hitter mired in a 7-for-59 slump, even if that hitter is an All-Star with a 15-year, $765 million contract.<\/p>\n

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At least for now, New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza and superstar outfielder Juan Soto aren\u2019t at that place yet. Mendoza told reporters ahead of Friday\u2019s 4-2 victory over the lowly Colorado Rockies that he hasn\u2019t felt he and Soto need to talk privately.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe knows he\u2019s in a good place,\u201d Mendoza said<\/a>, shortly before Soto snapped an 0-for-17 streak. \u201c[I] treat him the same way I treat the other guys, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soto became one of the guys last December, and Chicago White Sox outfielder Luis Robert Jr. might be next.<\/p>\n

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Chicago White Sox center fielder Luis Robert Jr.Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Bleacher Report\u2019s Kerry Miller proposed the Mets pursue Robert, a 2023 All-Star in the final guaranteed season of a six-year, $50 million contract. Any team that acquires Robert can keep him through 2027 via two $20 million club options.<\/p>\n

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Robert, who turns 28 in August, entered Saturday hitting .187 with five home runs, 20 RBI, and a league-high 21 stolen bases. However, his .578 OPS is easily a career-worst, and he\u2019s hit just .212 with a 204-51 K-BB ratio across the last two years.<\/p>\n

\u201c[C]enter fielders worth anything close to a darn aren\u2019t exactly growing on trees and readily available at the trade deadline,\u201d Miller wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Indeed, Robert would almost certainly man center field\u2014the only position he\u2019s played since his 2020 debut\u2014if the Mets acquired him. Mendoza has primarily started Jose Siri and Tyrone Taylor in center.<\/p>\n

Although Robert is an upgrade over those two, his continued offensive regression is nonetheless concerning. It’s also unclear how aggressive the White Sox will be when discussing a return package, especially with a win-now team like the Mets.<\/p>\n

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Robert went 1-for-5 with a stolen base against the Mets earlier this week. We\u2019ll see if he joins Soto in calling Citi Field home before the summer ends.<\/p>\n

Related: Mets Projected to Make Major Outfield Trade Amid Juan Soto Struggles<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Mets Fans Rip Juan Soto After Latest Poor Performance: \u2018He Looks Like He Doesn\u2019t Care’<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on May 31, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mets Predicted to Trade for $50 Million Outfielder After Juan Soto News originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Few…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,1443,49,52,3921,134,2601,999,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203,1444],"class_list":{"0":"post-69251","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-mets","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-carlos-mendoza","10":"tag-chicago-white-sox","11":"tag-colorado-rockies","12":"tag-jose-siri","13":"tag-juan-soto","14":"tag-kerry-miller","15":"tag-luis-robert-jr","16":"tag-mets","17":"tag-mlb","18":"tag-new-york","19":"tag-new-york-mets","20":"tag-newyork","21":"tag-newyorkmets","22":"tag-tyrone-taylor"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114603751199705021","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}