MLB · CF · New York Mets
Luis Robert Jr.
B/T R/R · 6' 2" · 225 lb · born Ciego de Avila, Cuba · age 29 · played CF 54, LF 6, DH 1 · MLB debut 2020-07-24
Last 14 days (through 2026-08-29): 12 G · .286 AVG · 4 HR · 6 RBI · 1.038 OPS
226 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Luis Robert Jr., out of Ciego de Ávila, Cuba, is a career .257 hitter with 112 home runs and 104 steals across 633 games — and right now he is locked in, posting a 1.038 OPS with 4 homers in his last 12 games.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
We wrote about Jr. here — The Buzz August 23, 2026
Where he stands
throughAgainst the 382 qualified major-league hitters — 100+ balls in play this season, the same field the boards are chosen out of. Right is better on every row.
- EV95110.395
- Deserved (xVal)0.38660
- Got (aVal)0.36153
- Luck gap (park-adjusted)flipped-0.01361
today · 30 days ago, against the 341 men who qualified then · the tick is the midpoint · the number at the right is the percentile, the number beside it the measurement itself.
No hollow dots on his strip. He had not reached 100 balls in play by , so there is no earlier place to mark. He has 145 now.
What he’s paid
Under contractA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of .
- 2026 salary
- $2.89M
- Tax hit
- $4.89M
- Service time
- 6 yr 0 d
- Guaranteed
- $50M
The deal 6 years $50M (2020–2025), unspecified option for 2026, unspecified option for 2027 — $8.3M a year on average, worked out by us rather than stated on the sheet, and not the same thing as the tax hit above
On the sheet: 6 y/$50M (20-25)+26-27 opts · agent Boras Corp. · 3 / 3 options left
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 |
|---|---|
| Cash | $2.0M |
| Tax hit | Option |
These figures were read off the sheet for Baltimore Orioles, dated . He is now with New York Mets — a trade after that date moves the money with him, and the sheet has not caught up. Both dates are true; neither figure has been adjusted to guess at the other.
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for the club whose sheet this came from, Baltimore Orioles.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $20.0M
- Guaranteed
- $50.0M
- Term
- 6 yrs
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Salary | $20.0M | $20.0M |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
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The Bureau on Luis Robert Jr.
The scouting press, in their own words
The Orioles claimed outfielder Luis Robert Jr. from the Mets, sources confirmed to ESPN. @chelsea_janes was on it.
The Baltimore Orioles have claimed Luis Robert Jr. off waivers, according to sources. First with the news @chelsea_janes.
The Orioles have claimed Luis Robert Jr. off waivers from the Mets, sources tell me and @AnthonyDiComo. @chelsea_janes was on it.
Umpire favor
+2.7 net runs over 19 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
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