​After selecting Carson Wiggins in the first round and forfeiting the second-round pick due to the Bo Bichette signing, the Mets chose Texas outfielder Aiden Robbins in the third round. Robbins began his college career at Seton Hall, where he put up a standout second season in 2025, batting .422/.537/.652 with six home runs and more walks than strikeouts across 255 plate appearances as a sophomore. He then captured the batting title in the Cape Cod Baseball League before transferring to Texas for his junior year, and his offensive production remained formidable there as well, posting a .333/.426/.696 line with 24 homers in 284 plate appearances.
Robbins ranked 45th on Baseball Prospectus’s draft board and 28th on Baseball America’s list. Those rankings would imply the Mets landed a potential steal, but there are solid reasons for skepticism. Robbins features an unusual, steep swing that sometimes appeared grooved, which could foreshadow struggles against professional pitching. There are also notable questions about his ability to recognize and handle spin. In other words, there are clear red flags that helped explain why Robbins was available this late in the draft, suggesting that teams—who generally have more information than public observers—were less bullish on the profile.
In the third round, Robbins is expected to command an overslot bonus relative to the $859,900 slot value assigned to the 92nd pick, which would eat into the savings from Carson Wiggins’s likely underslot bonus. The Mets entered the draft with a constrained bonus pool, and even so, these two selections raise concerns about a lack of strategy or creativity at first glance.
The Mets still have one more selection on Day 1, entering Round 4 with the 120th overall pick.