{"id":746311,"date":"2026-07-08T11:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/746311\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:51:16","slug":"mets-luis-robert-jr-misses-double-a-rehab-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/746311\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets’ Luis Robert Jr. misses Double-A rehab game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luis Robert Jr. was scheduled to play another minor league rehab game Tuesday with Double-A Binghamton, but interim manager Andy Green said at Citi Field that Robert would only \u201cwork out\u201d and \u201chopefully\u201d play for Binghamton on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

For a team that\u2019s been beset by injuries to key players all season, it\u2019s become impossible to predict when anyone might return to the major league lineup.<\/p>\n

After a 16-12 loss to the Royals<\/a>, Robert said through an interpreter he felt \u201creally good\u201d and the organization wanted him to avoid any setbacks.<\/p>\n

As for a return to the Mets, Robert said, \u201cI don\u2019t know how close we are yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robert has played three rehab games with Triple-A Syracuse after being on the IL since April with a lumbar spine disc herniation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to be out and it\u2019s something that\u2019s happened a good amount in my career,\u201d said Robert, who battled injuries in each of the previous two seasons with the White Sox. \u201cBut I haven\u2019t missed this amount of time since 2021, so it\u2019s frustrating.\u201d<\/p>\n

With rookies A.J. Ewing and Carson Benge playing center and right field, respectively, on a consistent basis, and Juan Soto entrenched in left, Green was asked how Robert\u2019s potential return might impact the outfield alignment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll cross that bridge when we get there,\u2019\u2019 Green said of how the outfield would look with Robert. \u201cAll of those guys will be part of the mix. We\u2019ll create the best matchup for those guys and continue to challenge A.J. and Carson to develop and be winning baseball players. They\u2019ve done that very well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Including Tuesday, when Ewing had four hits and reached base five times and Benge reached base four times. <\/p>\n

\"MetsMets centerfielder Luis Robert Jr. did not play in a rehab game for Double-A Binghamton on Tuesday. Corey Sipkin for New York Post<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m comfortable in the box right now,\u2019\u2019 Ewing said.<\/p>\n

The Mets were the recipients of a three-run gift in the bottom of the first, as Benge hit a Little League homer <\/a>on his grounder back to pitcher Seth Lugo.<\/p>\n

Lugo\u2019s throw got away from first baseman Jac Caglianone, who then threw wildly to no one in particular, before third baseman Nick Loftin tossed the ball away again.<\/p>\n

Benge, Ewing and Bo Bichette all scored on the play. Green said he\u2019d never seen a play with as many \u201cping-pong throws back and forth.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

With Jorge Polanco reinstated from the 60-day IL<\/a>, Ronny Mauricio was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse to open a spot on the 26-man roster. <\/p>\n

Mauricio hasn\u2019t done much in the majors this season, appearing in just 17 games and posting an OPS of .440.<\/p>\n

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After making his MLB debut as a September call-up in 2023, then missing all of the following season due to a torn ACL, the 25-year-old has failed to solidify a spot on the roster.<\/p>\n

To clear a spot on the 40-man roster for Polanco, right-hander Alex Carrillo was designated for assignment.<\/p>\n

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Carrillo, 29, appeared in 21 games with Syracuse this season and last pitched for the Mets last year.<\/p>\n

Right-hander Guillo Zu\u00f1iga was also designated for assignment after righty Matt Seelinger was selected to the major league roster following the trade that brought him from Detroit on Monday. <\/p>\n

Green said Marcus Semien (left hip flexor strain) ran at 80 percent Monday. <\/p>\n

He added the second baseman is \u201cprogressing well, but that doesn\u2019t mean we have a [return] date yet.\u201d Without Semien, Brett Baty made his 10th straight start at second.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luis Robert Jr. was scheduled to play another minor league rehab game Tuesday with Double-A Binghamton, but interim…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":746312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[3883,5,5805,120,999,4,61,185],"class_list":["post-746311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-a-j-ewing","tag-baseball","tag-carson-benge","tag-jorge-polanco","tag-luis-robert-jr","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-mets","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116884215392263859","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746311","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=746311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/746312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}