Mets' Robert's Injury Status: Pressure Mounts

0:00It's April 28th. Welcome to New York Met's News Today, AI Power Coverage of Your Squad. I'm Corey with the story. Met's manager Carlos Mendoza shared some tough injury updates before the game. Juan Soto's nursing forearm tightness and outfielder Luis Robert Jr.'s got lower back tightness too. The team has Robert listed as day-to-day for now. Robert just turns 28 and joined the Met's this offseason in a trade from the White Sox. These have dogged his career though. He's never topped 145 games in the season, averaging just 104 over the last five years. With Francisco Lindor sidelined for the foreseeable future, the Met's can't afford more absences in the outfield. Fans in the front office are feeling the pressure, knowing Robert's been banged up before and his recent years in Chicago weren't his best at the plate. This season, he's hitting 224 with a 327 on base and 329 slugging. That's a slight uptick, but his overall value sits low at 0.2 wins above replacement,

1:02and centerfield defense hasn't popped yet. Keep watching Robert's status closely as the Met's grind through this rough patch. A quick return could steady their lineup before things snowball.