The Luis Robert experience continues for one more year in Chicago. Maybe this is finally the year he stays healthy and puts up a monster year! Stop me if you've heard that one before...
Should dudes that are drafted 1.1 still be such a work in progress 1.5 seasons into their professional career? I get the sentiment when taking about a 3rd or 4th rounder, but that isn't the case here.
Never should have traded Crochet. In some alternate universe, the Sox gave this beast his $$$ and had their ace to anchor the rotation for the next half decade.
The season ending injury 100% percent changes things. Luis Robert is not even close to being worth a $20 million dollar option and has already proven he has little to no trade value. Decline the option and offer him a one year deal for 5 or 6 million. Let him walk and be done with it if he declines.
Sox need Colson to be an annual 5-6 WAR player for the rebuild to be a success. The Sox need a bona fide stud with power to build the offense around. One of the many reasons that the previous rebuild failed so spectaulary is that none of the top offensive prospects ( Eloy, Moncada, Robert) came close to being a top 10 player in baseball.
Lots of pressure on this kid moving forward..
We will likely never see Luis Robert play another game in a White Sox uniform. Chris Getz and company really screwed the pooch with this whole situation. Dude should have been traded at the same time they unloaded Cease. Robert will now go the way of Moncada, with his option quietly declined during football season when no one is paying attention.
I'm having deja vu reading this comment. Seems like we already did this song and dance like 7 years ago. Let's hope they get more creative than the Machado friends and family plan. Hey Schwarber, would you rather have an additional 30 million on your contract or how about we hire your cousin at 75K a year? We will even throw in a golf cart for him to drive around the stadium on game day.
Agreed. Jr and the Sox have moved on from all of Hahn's foolish early extensions to the "core". Gotta think they will do the same with Robert. Or maybe they try to pull another Kimbrel and extend Robert only to trade him a couple days before Spring training for another overpaid veteran like AJ Pollack.
Hell let's just start adding at this point and make a push for the wildcard. Seems like we could pick up some wild card veterans for some no name prospects. Pull a gool ol fashion KW and go get Verlander, McKutchen, Paul Dejong, Kris Bryant,