{"id":772828,"date":"2026-08-08T00:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/772828\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:18:17","slug":"luke-weaver-expressed-wish-to-stay-with-mets-before-pirates-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/772828\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Weaver expressed wish to stay with Mets before Pirates trade"},"content":{"rendered":"

PITTSBURGH \u2014 Luke Weaver wanted to stay with the Mets, but the reality of the situation ultimately prevailed<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The veteran reliever was traded Monday to the Pirates for infield prospect Sammy Stafura<\/a>. On Friday, Weaver was set for the possibility that his first appearance for his new team would occur against his former one.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Weaver said he \u201cstrongly\u201d expressed to Mets officials he wanted to stay.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very upfront. I told them, \u2018I hope you know I want to stay,\u2019\u201d said Weaver, who received a two-year contract worth $22 million last winter. \u201cI made my commitment \u2026 but I understand how this goes. It\u2019s not my first rodeo.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Weaver, who pitched to a 1.84 ERA in 42 appearances for the Mets, was asked for his assessment of the Mets\u2019 struggles this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of changes that were made, a lot of new people that were brought in, a lot of new faces,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t think necessarily it was a bad thing, but I think people underestimate change and how much you have got to adapt in a short period of time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"LukeLuke Weaver of the Pittsburgh Pirates warms up in the outfield prior to a game on August 4, 2026 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. MLB Photos via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\"LukeLuke Weaver was traded by the Mets at the deadline. JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of great teams we have seen in the past have a lot of chemistry, a lot of deep-rooted connection that has happened over time. It\u2019s not always like that, but there\u2019s a lot of those history book teams that have that, and I think it gets taken for granted how much that needed to happen, and it was happening. It has just got to link together on the field.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mark Vientos is set to begin hitting off a tee, according to interim manager Andy Green, as he eyes a September return to the active roster. Vientos has been on the injured list since July 10 after a pitch hit and fractured his right hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Mets claimed infielder Gabriel Arias off waivers from Cleveland.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Carson Benge had reached base in 11 straight games entering play. The rookie outfielder owned a .941 OPS over that stretch with two homers.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 Luke Weaver wanted to stay with the Mets, but the reality of the situation ultimately prevailed.\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":772829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,107,101,4,3449,1690,61,2548,4203,64,185],"class_list":["post-772828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-mets","tag-baseball","tag-luke-weaver","tag-mets","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-trade-deadline","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-mets","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkmets","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/117057021849332212","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772828","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=772828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}