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I can't believe that this is still a talking point. The Luis Robert decision was made in July. Once they didn't trade him for whatever they could, picking up the option became a necessity. If they weren't picking it up, they would've traded him for a very underwhelming Cedric Mullins type return. Declining Robert's option at this point would be a fireable offense. They're already committed. It wasn't a "see what happens and then decide" because the front office needed to make a decision on his future by 7/31 and they did so by not trading him. I don't know if he'll actually be on next year's team but I'd be absolutely stunned if they declined his option and made him a free agent.

I assumed that they wouldn’t pick up the option. Once they decided to not trade him, my opinion changed. They can’t and won’t lose him for nothing. I’d be stunned if they declined the option now and it’s a fireable offense if they did.

I just don’t think Robert will be on the next really good Sox team. They just need to cash him in for something that might be

They’ll pick up the option and try to trade him this winter. If there was any chance of not picking it up, they would’ve traded him in July. This whole thing isn’t this complicated.

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Pool should be around $6 million. These are very likely still Marco Paddy signings.

I’m wondering if they’ll expose them to waivers and then move on if nobody claims them.

Or what happens in the draft year after a full college season is generally meaningless in regards to who succeeds and who doesn’t. He did struggle in two tiny samples on the Cape though.

It’s really hard to rank non leverage relievers. Palisch is an up and down potential starter. Dalquist and Kelley are def relievers. I don’t know. Ranking 50 guys was difficult

BA has them at 18.

Older undrafted college guy. Just need to see it longer and at higher levels. Guys like him carve in Low A

Different baseball, ABS system and veteran hitters.

Here’s the full top 30 list: https://www.futuresox.net/2025/08/13/futuresox-2025-mid-season-white-sox-c/

It looks right to me?

I couldn’t justify Bonemer over Carlson in our FutureSox discussions. Bonemer just isn’t the same level of prospect imo. Bonemer has done it at Low A but he’s more similar to Fauske.

Here is 16-30 on FutureSox list: https://www.futuresox.net/2025/08/12/futuresox-2025-midseason-white-sox-pr/

They’re both Paddy guys. Yobal Rodriguez is the first true Keller guy.

He’s on our top 30

A few already have been. I’ll go with Peyton Pallette and Zach Franklin though.

Thanks. That dude is good.

Hey everyone! I's rankings week at FutureSox. The Just Missed List is published today: https://www.futuresox.net/2025/08/11/futuresox-2025-white-sox-midseason-ju/ We also recorded with Jesus Cano of Baseball America last night and he's seen all the guys out in Arizona.

$8.8 billion is a valuation. You can make that argument that they should sell a chunk of the team at that valuation to get capital but how much money do you actually think the family has on hand? It's not $8 billion. Yeah the Bears aren't asking for any money for the actual stadium apparently.

It's puzzling. Big gains from some lower level guys. McDougal has really broken out. Oppor and LaCombe are very interesting with great stuff. Some relievers have popped. Shane Murphy is really good. Hagen has had issues all year. I think Schultz is fine and was mostly struggling due to a knee injury that he was trying to pitch through. AAA is a b****. These guys are one step away from the majors and they use a new baseball and the ABS system for the very first time. The baseballs are inconsistent too. Lots of guys have complained about them. It's supposedly the big league ball though. I do really want to see Schultz and Smith with the big league staff though. I think Katz is very good.

He's topping out at 95 mph. That's not going to work. He was like 95-97 in college and touching 99. Blake Larson looked really good in instructional league according to reports but he had Tommy John surgery in February. He should be in Kannapolis at some point in 2026.

I think some might be surprised where we have Sam Antonacci on midseason list at FutureSox