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The sad reality is Luis Robert is a $20 million dollar player whose riding 2 straight years of injury filled sub level value. It shouldn’t be surprising at all the Sox are ready to move on as well as getting mediocre offers from other teams. The arrow is way down on this guy now, I think we’ll ultimately look at the trade return and lament what could have been.

I definitely appreciate the idea of crossing off worries over 2026. Yet OTOH, there isn’t much difference in potential good outcomes whichever path is chosen with regards to Robert. Keeping Robert until the deadline on the off chance he rehabbed some trade value is as reasonable choice as any. And as a bonus, it would be a lot more fun to watch this lineup with Robert bracketed by real left handed threats. For potential entertainment value alone without very much downside to worry over, the option of keeping Robert around for awhile grows on me.

19 years ago "Another Rangers’ Trade that Completely Sucks Ass" In retrospect, his arrival was a tad overrated. Christmas ’06: The Texas Rangers trade pitchers John Danks, Nick Masset and Jacob Rasner to the Chicago White Sox for pitcher Brandon McCarthy. Nice. Can’t find the exact quote, but I remember Rangers’ GM Jon Daniels saying at the time that McCarthy...

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/players-in-dfa-limbo.html J.Noel and J.Wiemer dfa holiday "limbo"

I've seen articles that even said the White Sox were the worst team in baseball the last TWO seasons...

The white sox should not be considered small market. They are a team that plays in a large market that pretends to be a small market team.

https://www.tiktok.com/en/trending/detail/munetaka-murakami-joins-white-sox

He can do that is a year, or two, when he is a free agent and the Sox know more about the state of the rebuild

Unless Ishbia as a futuristic PE Santa Claus is issuing "generous" extensions to Robert and Murakami...

No. You want the 18 to 24 years of control from the players you get who might actually fit your competitive window. Luis Robert on a 102 loss team is a Ferrari in a trailer park. Back up the truck and see what you can do help you in 2030, because you aren't winning in 2026.

Wasting time on players who aren't part of the "playoff future" and have limited trade value does what exactly? Play Baldwin or Pereira if there's no other choice. With Murakamui, he at least addresses marketing/ticket sales, Japanese "future" Connection AND abundant trade or QO possibilities.

You do understand they have to play the games this year, right? If they don't have a "top prospect" ready to step in at CF, or into the rotation, I'm not sure what your solution is. If Sean Newcomb wins a starting job and is good enough to hold off the likes of Cannon or Davitt, he's probably good enough to get interest at the TDL. Same with Jake Meyers.

The K-shaped economy lives in sports, too, and for the exact same reason: Money is flowing toward, and consolidating around, a few key teams, programs and individuals in each sport, leaving the others to fend for whatever scraps are left. There have always been haves and have-nots in the sporting universe: the Yankees and the White Sox, the Lakers and the Wizards, Ohio State and Rutgers. But we’re in a new, flush era now … great news for a few, bad news for most. The infusion of broadcast revenue, franchise buy-in fees, billionaire owners, private-equity infusions, and willing-or-not fan spending — more on that last one in a bit — a tidal wave of wealth is unbalancing entire sports. We’re already seeing the effects on championship chases … and we’re seeing the cracks along the margins, too. Never has the old cliché “The best team money can buy” been more true than in Chavez Ravine right now. The back-to-back world champion Los Angeles Dodgers had a 2025 payroll of $321.3 million — more than the entire payrolls of the White Sox, Rays, Marlins and Athletics combined. Yes, money alone can’t win you titles — the Mets had the highest payroll last year, and they were, well, the Mets — but money, and the total lack of a salary cap, sure makes life a lot easier. Hope those small-market teams enjoyed those titles when they had them; they’re likely not coming around again anytime soon. https://sports.yahoo.com/sports-media/article/cash-rules-everything-around-sports-the-k-shaped-economy-widened-gaps-between-haves-have-nots-in-2025-141122272.html

Then you're just renting a soon to be declining player for two years.. Every position should have a long-term solution for 2028-30. And as a result you're putting Sean Newcomb in the rotation?

It shouldn't be super hard to get Meyers from HOU for like Cannon plus some 15-20 level prospect. That would be much better than trying to turn Baldwin into a CF. If we added him plus like another solid SP option, we could conceivably be close to a .500 team.

It’s worth noting that Baldwin was better defensively in CF than any other position he played last year. And I think he would benefit from playing one position consistently as opposed to constantly moving around.

He was so shaky on the corners though...how would he have built the confidence to run the entire outfield? It's just like playing Sosa everyday at second base.

Prospects like this? Yhoiker Fajardo is the real prize. Nineteen-year-old who reached Low-A for the Red Sox after being dealt from the White Sox and struck out a ton of people. Above average pitches thus far, but he's got tons of projection remaining (6'3", 181 lbs.) to make them better.

If they do trade Robert, I think Baldwin is the best internal candidate for CF.

I don’t mind if we have another draft pick and another prospect or two.

HaSeong Kim and Lee with SFG/CF are the only real success stories. It took Lee a full year to adjust to elite fastballs. Hyesong Kim (LAD util) and Song (SDP) yet to be determined.

Nobody would. It's the same arguments we'll be hearing about prospects at 2026 trade deadline if Murakami has 25 homers, .260 average and 900+ ops. Why trade him and piss off the fans? Same reason the Tigers are going to trade Skubal for a boatload of prospects...they would never give $400 million or even $200-$250 million to a pitcher 30 and over when they could get 4 of the Dodgers Top Ten prospects and Sheehan while absorbing the much lesser Glasnow contract.

If this guy is correct that the return would be larger than industry expectations, I wonder what that would look like in terms of offers from CIN, NYM and PIT?

Would anybody want any of those 3 instead of Robert Jr?

Hill/Pereira/Bleday