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No. They may as well take back whatever they can get for him, no matter the pittance. Jerry isn’t going to approve Getz picking up Robert’s $20 million dollar team option for 2026, only his $2 million dollar buyout.

If Robert's trade value is virtually zero is it better just to keep him on the team until the end of the season?

I meant Caulfield when will the "tankers" outwardly embrace having a star player to root for 10-15 years again like the old days (cough, Buehrle, cough) and Fisk and Baines and Durham and Robin and Ozzie, etc. I want continuity and not archaic tank stuff which does not work.

The last contracts for Konerko and Abreu with the Astros were total disasters. At least Konerko was more of a "lifetime loyalty/2005 WS" award.

This guy is healthy (knock on wood) and looking like a star. Why in the hell would anybody want to trade him except one who is a fan of the archaic "tanking." (See Dallas Mavericks; no need to tank, still got the pick). Seriously when are some of u gonna mentally allow yourselves to want a Sox player for say, 10-15 years like Konerko and Abreu?

Look folks. I can be as negative as anybody. But I'm here to tell you. The painful weeks are over. The Sox with Meidroth, Quero and this no name pitching staff led by what must be an awesome pitching coach, is a decent team. This team conceivably could play .500 the rest of the way. What I'm telling you is if Vaughn and Robert would actually emerge, and Beni get healthy, our team can actually contend. Wake up Robert ... start mashing like a superstar. Vaughn, cmon. Lead us to more victories. This team is no longer a doormat, baby. Just think if Elko hits AND Robert and Vaughn awaken for good. ... Hate to break it to some of the tank lovers ... no reason to trade Robert. ... And by the way I heard one of the national talk show yappers say the NBA commish DESPISES tanking and says it's against all tenets of what sports are supposed to be. The tanking, baby, is over. KEEP ROBERT and keep winning. Trying to decide if and when I relent and return to mlb.com.

His production has been quite bad but the underlying numbers don't look bad. He is running a career low chase rate. I don't expect this to hold up completely but it is a good sign nonetheless. His barrel rate is a 12.4% which is above his career average as is his hard hit rate. His xwoba is .326 vs a .271 actual wOBA. He is of course striking out a lot but that always was and will be part of his package, the biggest issue is that he has run a .230 babip which shouldn't be the case with his hard hit rate. The question is whether a team is willing to pay at least like 80 cents on the dollar based on his advanced metrics.

Colson just slowed down a little to let Braden catch up, that's all.

That looks way too much like "TLR TLR"

New Comiskey for that movie. The old park was in the John Hughes film Only the Lonely starring John Candy with Maureen O'Hara as his overbearing mother.

I still believe in the Montgomery brothers.

He had a rough last few years. Definitely wishing he rests in peace. Tough to see the players of my youth starting to pass away. Totally underrated player. The Bears d-line was legit across the board. It’s too bad Wilbur didn’t stick around. He was on a HOF path,too.

Record is terrible, but at least there are some signs of hope. I’d rather see young guys try and fail than vets fail and not try.

I really like Venable and this coaching staff, they have the guys ready to play. Their plate discipline is night and day from last season, the defense looks a lot better too. Venable has done some things that I didn't like in the moment, but he's a first time manager, and so far I'm pleased

Not sure what this has to do with the pope but it's fairly entertaining. a time capsule for sure, makes me feel a bit young which is always good.

Montgomery hit two balls really hard to the left side tonight. Good sign. Earlier this year, he was pull crazy and it made him vulnerable to everything. When he was good in lower levels, he went opposite field a lot and controlled the zone. He doesn’t need to hit 30 HR if he does those things.

You really want to bring him up and start him in RF tomorrow in Cincy? What's the rush? Even Frank Thomas and Robin Ventura had to prove themselves in Birmingham first, and Ventura was arguably the most decorated player in NCAA baseball history at the time.

This is an actual jersey (or Bulls hat) you can buy (buyer beware however, the sites listing it aren't exactly top shelf)

Busch...sure, Z.Hope and LHP Jackson Ferris

He seems to be enjoying playing again and of course that's easier when you're making winning plays. That ball down the 3B line he could fumble and you never know suddenly with two on what could go wrong. Baldwin with the big crack late -- liked that even tho we couldn't pay it off. If you're going to be a bad defender most nights as a utility guy at least be able to crack one once and awhile. On the next good Sox team we'll need a guy like Baldwin and never really mind having them around even if sometimes it's maddening on a bad team when they play too much.

I'm still wishing for the 2 players they got from the Cubs for Bush...to part with the ML leader in steals.

And it can't be easy to be traded from the only mlb org. you've ever known; he's already from a different country and may have language issues (not sure how English fluent he is); and then to go to the Sox with their record and who were being badmouthed by players and media. None of that is easy.

In that respect, Venable is doing a nice job.

Braden not much left to prove in MiLB

Rockies headed for 7-36 (pythagorean 9-34), 26-136 White Sox 13-30 for a YoY comparison Sox pythagorean number 48-114 vs. 41-121