Although he spent more than two months of this season on the sidelines, Luis Robert Jr. has continued to get the ball rolling and has strung together a successful stretch of play.
Across his last 10 games, the veteran outfielder has totaled 10 hits, four home runs, and six RBI. Overall, he’s slashing .234/.316/.418 with .711 OPS thus far, and is riding a six-game hitting streak entering Friday night’s game against the Houston Astros.
He took it up another notch during Tuesday’s series opener against the Milwaukee Brewers, going 2-for-4 with two hits, a home run and a walk. The Mets won their 13th game since the Aug. 3 trade deadline with help from Robert, though they would drop the next two to the team with baseball’s best record.
Robert started Tuesday’s game by lining a single to left field in the first, which loaded the bases for New York. This was to the detriment of his teammates, who failed to score any runs.
However, Robert made up for his team’s blunder, hitting a no-doubt solo shot to left field during the fourth. His 10th homer of the year traveled 390 feet off 101.8 mph of exit velocity. Perhaps the most incredible thing about that home run was that Robert virtually hit it one-handed.
After hitting a grounder to end the seventh, Robert drew a crucial walk in the 10th, which once again loaded the bases for New York and advanced Francisco Lindor to third and Carson Benge to second. With runners in scoring position, all it took was for Christopher Morel to hit into a force out as Lindor scored the winning run.
Robert’s productive at-bats have helped provide more emphasis to New York’s lineup, which has been without Juan Soto for the last month and has been riddled by injuries for the entirety of this season.
Robert was no exception to this, spending the first half of this season on the injured list. But when healthy, he has continued to succeed in pivotal moments.
In fact, he stepped up for the Mets during their last series against the Chicago White Sox, recording four hits, including two home runs and a double, and three RBI.
Robert’s best performance came on Saturday when he smashed a two-run shot in the second. He followed that up with a solo shot in the seventh, which the Mets were able to capitalize on as they went on to cruise to a 10-5 victory over Robert’s former team.
“It feels good to hit homers against any team. I will say, it did feel good to hit the home run [at Rate Field] because it’s a stadium that I played so many games in,” Robert said through an interpreter.
Before that point, Robert put together a four-game hit streak in August and two separate multi-hit outings. He recorded four RBI in one of this outings and three hits in the other.
Simply, he’s gotten into a rhythm, although it had taken time for it to materialize due to dealing with injuries at the start of 2026.
Whether he’ll be part of the Mets’ 2027 plans is another story. Robert has a $20 million option for 2027, but with the Mets outfield crowded with Benge, Soto and A.J. Ewing, the team may choose to exercise a $2 million buyout, making him a free agent.
