Cubs closer David Robertson is one of the most coveted relievers on trade market, including both the Mets and Yankees in pursuit.
His full-time, full-strength return this year has produced a 1.83 ERA and 11.4 strikeout rate in 35 appearances — making him so hotly pursued these days that the Cubs held him out of a save situation Wednesday in what looked like the classic don’t-break-him-before-we-can-trade-him call.
Robertson, 37, was traded by the White Sox to the Yankees at the 2017 deadline in the third year of a four-year contract. Mets general manager Billy Eppler was a scouting executive and assistant general manager with the Yankees during Robertson’s earlier stretch there.
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