Look at Ray Ray Run

This is complete and utter team-speak nonsense and BS. This is an excuse to underpay a guy for an additional year because the organization is cheap. Do you think the Yankees or Red Sox think about this stuff if a player is ready? No because if the player is that good they can just resign him.

Sure, but preventing a kid from coming up when he's ready because you want to get cheap 7 years from now for one year is the exact same BS that people rip this organization for. Stop calling it SMART and start holding the organization accountable for spending money. If Robert is a star they already get to exploit his pay for 7 YEARS and pay him less than he's worth.. why should we excuse them from calling him up just so they can pay him under market value one extra year? How about we expect the Sox to pay a guy what he's worth and resign him when his contract is up?

What does being Cuban have to do with his baseball talents? Is there something about being Cuban that limits him? If his floor is Mike Cameron (which I don't disagree on) then they should have zero qualms about signing him. Cameron had 60 career WAR. I think everyone is misunderstanding my point... why do they have to exploit Roberts service time to have him under friendly control one extra year? They can just resign him when he becomes a free agent; it's not as if the Sox have to let him go after his 7 years. They aren't some poor Rays like organization. They can afford to keep their own.

Why does it have to be team friendly. If he's a superstar they should sign him for superstar dollars. They're not poor.

Instead of exploiting his service time to keep him longer why dont you hold ownership accountable and ask them to resign him?

He's as fast as buxton which is insane for a guy his size.

Someone will have to tell me when pal got a negative connotation.

They need an owner that doesnt take care of player requests for tax reasons? Weird take.

Zzzzz White Sox fans excusing their ownership for being cheap when it comes to service time manipulation but ripping them for being cheap with free agency is especially hypocritical.

Comparing sweeney in any way to robert is like comparing harold Miner to MJ.

This isnt an area scout pal. This was an international MLB scouting director. Also, legit high level mlb scouts dont say this is the best player on the planet about prospects ever.... to act otherwise is not being honest. Luis robert was obviously not better than mike trout two years ago, but you could argue he has the best tools on the planet currently - which is what scouting evaluation is all about.

Yeah, I didnt even agree with the scout as saying anyone is better than trout is nuts, but it was a reputable scout and that's all I was saying. People should be very excited about robert.

Robert's slugging will be closer to 600 than 500 I think.

There was a legit not looney scout that (he was wrong obviously) called robert the best baseball player alive two years ago. His hands are so short and quick. I read somewhere cite a long swing? I must be watching something else. Big follow throw, short to the ball. He is a fastball destroyer. AAA is a waste if time for Luis Robert - I've said that a lot. He doesnt need to learn to hit 4A breaking stuff, he needs to see big league breaking stuff and then he'll adjust there.

Cool. It's been like 30 at bats spread out over 4 weeks.

Lol this place cracks me up.

Sox have some fast risers in their system.

Lol the paranoia inside of sox fans at all times prevents them from really enjoying things. Gio was so bad last year people just can't believe what they've seen. Doubt comes in at the slightest sign of struggle. Gio is legit.

Gio over throwing big time. 97.

Tatis was a top 30 and had a scouting report. He certainly wasn't a big time sign but he was a guy people could actually tell you something about. You can't find anything on Bailey anywhere. Not his signing. Not some scout blurb or any history. Guy is a ghost.

Theo wasnt better than Friedman imo.

Theo was the best drafter alive by a mile BEFORE the CBA changed and took away his entire advantage. Now he's just another guy.

I would trust that a guy with an 80 hit tool will find a bat path to maximize that contact skill. I have no concerns about Madrigal.

I honestly wonder if Bailey gets himself some national attention if he keeps this up. I'm not sure how much people buy DSL production but he's been about as good as a 17 year old kid could possibly be and he's HUGE. Athletic big body with good tools it seems. Could this be Marco Paddys first top tier unknown find?

Correlation is not causation, so while the things you listed may not correlate as youd think it does not mean that it doesnt cause certain players to have higher babips. For example, speed on it's own may not correlate but speed combined with higher exit velocities and higher line drive rates may be a cause higher babips. Individually the correlation may not exist because the majority of speed guys may not hit the ball with authority and the majority of guys who do make hard contact consistently might be power guys who dont have the speed to maximize their outputs. Typically if you combined speed, with quality contact and all field approach you get a higher BABIP.