David Robertson shows why he’s Mets’ top trade chip by shutting down Yankees

David Robertson got what were probably the two most important outs of the Mets’ 9-3 win over the Yankees on Tuesday in The Bronx when he escaped a bases-loaded jam by inducing a pair of groundouts in the eighth inning.

Despite the win, however, the Mets’ playoff chances are all but dashed, leaving Robertson waiting to find out his future with the trade deadline quickly approaching on Aug 1.

“It sucks,’’ Robertson said of the uncertainty. “I want to stay here.”

More games like the Subway Series win earlier in the season would have helped that cause, but the right-hander is now one of the few tradeable chips on a Mets team that has disappointed nearly all year.

Tuesday he showed his value in crucial spots once again.

Back in familiar territory, the former Yankee rescued a Mets team that seemed to be on the verge of giving away a near-certain win.

He entered with the bases loaded and one out, with the Mets up by 7-2, but teetering.

Robertson got a pair of ground balls, from pinch-hitter Ben Rortvedt and from Jake Bauers, to get out of the inning with the Mets still up by four runs.

“I just wanted to get us through there,’’ Robertson said. “I wasn’t thinking about anything else.”

“Those were big outs by [Robertson],’’ manager Buck Showalter said. “You know they’re gonna make a run at you somewhere.”

Robertson had been scored upon in two of his previous four outings and had given up six runs (four earned) over 8 ¹/₃ innings in his previous eight appearances.

But the 38-year-old has proven himself in playoff races before, and if there isn’t going to be one in Queens, Robertson should find himself in one somewhere else.

He has been a regular in the postseason throughout his career and is one of the few players the Mets could move, even if he wouldn’t garner a huge return.

Robertson entered after the rest of the Mets’ bullpen looked to be on the way to ruining another strong outing by Justin Verlander.

Brooks Raley, who came in with a streak of 13 consecutive scoreless appearances, allowed a pair of runs in the seventh.

Dominic Leone barely escaped the seventh without making things very interesting, as Giancarlo Stanton’s bases loaded 112-mph liner to right was somehow snagged by DJ Stewart, turning it into a sacrifice fly.

In the eighth, Showalter turned to rookie Grant Hartwig with a five-run lead.

Hartwig got DJ LeMahieu to ground out, but gave up a bloop hit to Harrison Bader, a single to right-center by Isiah Kiner-Falefa and then walked Anthony Volpe.

Showalter then turned to Robertson to face the lefty-swinging Rortvedt, pinch-hitting for Kyle Higashioka.

Robertson got Rortvedt to hit a grounder to second for the second out and then got Bauers to hit a grounder to first to end the threat.

After a lengthy top of the ninth, during which the Mets added two more runs, Robertson was replaced in the bottom by Adam Ottavino, who finished the game.