Surely the reason the New York Mets and Chicago White Sox couldn’t come to terms on a trade for Luis Robert Jr. was because they wanted too much. In the summer, one of the rumors was the White Sox wanted Jonah Tong. Acuna and his poor 2025 season didn’t completely erase all of his trade value. If anything, this tells the Mets they probably shouldn’t be in any rush to trade Brett Baty, Mark Vientos, or Ronny Mauricio. It probably is a prove it or lose it type of year for Baty, Vientos, and Mauricio in varying degrees.