Joe DeMayo shares insight on players White Sox acquired for Luis Robert Jr.
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This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 670 The Score. More Bears talk coming up at 1 o'clock with Danny Perkins. But the White Sox traded Luis Robert, so we wanted to get the scoop. We decided to ask Joe DiMeo of SNY Sportsnet New York. He hosts the Mets podcast. It's called The Mets Pod. SNY is the Mets network in New York. Joe also writes about prospects and the MLB draft. All of it can be found on SNY.TV. And he joins us on the Circus Sports Illinois hotline. Download the Circus Sports app today.
What prompted the White Sox to trade Luis Robert Jr.?
Joe, thanks for joining us.
Of course. Appreciate you having me.
I joked that I was like, wait, was Luis Robert the backup for Kyle Tucker? But I guess it's not that much of a joke now, is it? How did you see this playing out when Tucker went to the Dodgers?
When Kyle Tucker decided to sign with the Dodgers over the Mets, obviously the Mets made the immediate pivot to Bo Bichette, which that press conference just occurred here in New York. From there, the Mets needed an outfielder. I mean, the way that their roster was set up, Juan Soto was in right field, and from there they had Tyrone Taylor slated to be a center fielder, who's more of a bench type of player, and they didn't have a left fielder. So, someone like Luis Robert comes in, just adds what the Mets believe is some real upside to a lineup that they've added some floor with in signing Bo Bichette, as well as Jorge Polanco and training for Marcus Simeon on top of already having Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto at the top.
They felt that they were in a position that Robert provides the type of upside and You guys could speak to the talent level that Luis Robert has as well, having seen him for the years that he's been with Chicago. So that's kind of where the Mets see him fitting as their everyday center fielder and hoping that they can get something closer to 2023 Luis Robert.
Yeah, that's the hope. It was the hope for the White Sox for the past two seasons. So good luck there keeping him healthy because it really is all about his health. I'm so curious about these prospects that are coming back this way. Chris Getz just talked about Luis Angel Acuna and the fact that he doesn't feel like he's been given a runway, but that he's a talented player. What can you tell us about what the White Sox are getting back with this infielder slash outfielder?
Yeah, I would agree that, frankly, Acuna, I think, is a talented player. The Mets got him in the deal for Max Scherzer back at the 2023 trade deadline. Of course, the brother of Ronald Acuna doesn't have the same skill set that his brother does, but with the Mets kind of loading up their infield, and now getting Robert for center. There wasn't a clear role for Acuna, and his spot with the Mets specifically was going to be like a utility infielder that can plug in some center field. He's been spending a lot of time down in the Venezuelan Winter League playing center field. But from a skill set standpoint, you're really – it's a bat-to-ball kind of guy. There's almost – I'd say almost no power. I wouldn't expect Luis Angel Acuna to come to Chicago and start popping home runs.
But I think with some real runway in the lineup, there's no reason why he can't get on base at maybe a 330 clip, something like that, hit for a tiny bit of average, steal some bags, and play some defense specifically at second and shortstop. And he's expanding his versatility to be in center field as well.
And what can you tell us about Truman Pauly, the arm that was added in the deal?
Oh, he was one of my favorite grabs that the Mets had in the 2025 draft. They took him in the 12th round out of Harvard and paid him a signing bonus that would be commensurate with being a late fifth, early sixth round pick. He has a special fastball that if the White Sox player development department can find Just get an extra tick or two of velocity on it. I think it's a special type of pitch. He shows the ability to spin a slider, and he started working on a splitter and a cutter a little bit right when he joined the Mets organization in the second half of 2025.
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