Luis Robert signing official

[Jose Abreu]

The t is pronounced for everyone named Roberto.

But when a Spanish word ends in a t, it's generally not pronounced

[Jose Abreu]

White Sox confirmed it's Robert as in Robert Kennedy but, Badler today said the announcers mostly said it as Robert too, it just got confused when people assumed it was Robert due to it being of norman origin/latin/french pronunciation likely in Cuba.

Ok, so next question. Pronounced "Lou-ees" or "Lou-ee"?

[Dick Allen]

But when a Spanish word ends in a t, it's generally not pronounced

There are very few Spanish words that end in T. There is a town in Mexico named Nayarit. The t is pronounced.

[BlackSox13]

White Sox confirmed it's Robert as in Robert Kennedy but, Badler today said the announcers mostly said it as Robert too, it just got confused when people assumed it was Robert due to it being of norman origin/latin/french pronunciation likely in Cuba.

Thank you sir. Robert it is.

[Lillian]

Roberto is pronounced Ro bear to. When you eliminate the last letter, it becomes Ro bear. In Spanish, "E" is always pronounced like the English long "A", as in "late".

Therefore, it would never be pronounced like our "Robert". Spanish is not my native language, but I've lived in Costa Rica for 27 years, and that is my best understanding. If someone has perfect Spanish, please correct me if I'm wrong.

[Panerista]

My coworker just congratulated me on the Robert signing. Lol

[soxfan49]

Ok, so next question. Pronounced "Lou-ees" or "Lou-ee"?

Lou-ees I believe

[thxfrthmmrs]

Roberto is pronounced Ro bear to. When you eliminate the last letter, it becomes Ro bear. In Spanish, "E" is always pronounced like the English long "A", as in "late".

Therefore, it would never be pronounced like our "Robert". Spanish is not my native language, but I've lived in Costa Rica for 27 years, and that is my best understanding. If someone has perfect Spanish, please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

In this case, it's just Robert, as in the English name.

[Dick Allen]

In this case, it's just Robert, as in the English name.

He should change his first name to Lewis.

[Panerista]

As someone with an ethnic last name and an english first name, I no longer care. I don't care if he calls himself Poopdick McFartington if he can hit.

[thxfrthmmrs]

He should change his first name to Lewis.

 

Right, talk about confusing. The only way to pronounce his name right is to say half of it in Spanish and half in English.

[ptatc]

Right, talk about confusing. The only way to pronounce his name right is to say half of it in Spanish and half in English.

No different than Alexei Rameirez. Half Russian, half Spanish. Got to love baseball.

[SoxAce]

As someone with an ethnic last name and an english first name, I no longer care. I don't care if he calls himself Poopdick McFartington if he can hit.

 

Same. I have ethnic first and last name and am of half Mexican descent so I'll probably be pronouncing it the Spanish way, but say it in English to my sox buddies.

[LittleHurt05]

As someone with an ethnic last name and an english first name, I no longer care. I don't care if he calls himself Poopdick McFartington if he can hit.

 

Where can I obtain a McFartington jersey?

[Panerista]

Where can I obtain a McFartington jersey?

[bighurt574]

Apologies if I missed it, but any word on when he'd actually report?

[Al Lopez's Ghost]

Where can I obtain a McFartington jersey?

Does he have a lot of helium?

[Panerista]

Does he have a lot of helium?

He eats 10 Brussels Sprouts per every Twinkie Moncada eats

[Sockin]

FWIW Law was just on ESPN and said he hasn't seen him in person but the scouts he's talked to that has have given him mixed reviews. He said every scout said he can run and the power is there but no one is sure he's going to be able to hit. He said is he were in this year's draft he'd be picked in the teens.

Edited May 22, 2017 by Sockin

[oneofthemikes]

FWIW Law was just on ESPN and said he hasn't seen him in person but the scouts he's talked to that has have given him mixed reviews. He said every scout said he can run and the power is there but no one is sure he's going to be able to hit. He said is he were in this year's draft he'd be picked in the teens.

 

Law is a clown. He's like Colin Cowherd in that he just takes contrarian stances on things because it generates discussion. If Frank Thomas were a prospect today, Law would be first in line to question his ability to hit for average and tell us that his power might not ever develop.

[hi8is]

FWIW Law was just on ESPN and said he hasn't seen him in person but the scouts he's talked to that has have given him mixed reviews. He said every scout said he can run and the power is there but no one is sure he's going to be able to hit. He said is he were in this year's draft he'd be picked in the teens.

Anywhere between top teen 2017 draft pick to immediate top 25 - 30 prospect in baseball to best non-MLB player on the planet. We've also read that he may have some issues with laying off the high heat and breaking stuff.

 

Sounds like most young guys to me. I'll take what Law said as cautiously as what Callis said.

[The Beast]

Can we just make the consensus to call him Robert or Ro-beart instead of Ro-bear until the White Sox confirm the name? Or are we going to be like that dumbass stoner Danny Parkins and say Ro-bear (like Voltaire)?

[nickofypres]

Reminds me of that episode of King of the Hill with Gilbert (pronounced Jill-Bear).

[bmags]

Can we just make the consensus to call him Robert or Ro-beart instead of Ro-bear until the White Sox confirm the name? Or are we going to be like that dumbass stoner Danny Parkins and say Ro-bear (like Voltaire)?

 

White Sox confirmed Robert (T pronounced), and also you are on a message board son we can't hear you pronounce it

[Dick Allen]

FWIW Law was just on ESPN and said he hasn't seen him in person but the scouts he's talked to that has have given him mixed reviews. He said every scout said he can run and the power is there but no one is sure he's going to be able to hit. He said is he were in this year's draft he'd be picked in the teens.

You should see some of the young bats Law and company passed on when he was with Toronto to take guys like dDavid Purcey and Ricky Romero. Tulo, Ellbury, Adam Jones...the list goes on and on. For a guy so many take as top opinion, he sure comes up empty a lot. 19 year olds who have never played in the US are going to be hard to project. 17 or 18 year old HS hitters...the same. A lot of people didn't even bother with Mike Trout. Theo Epstein, who didn't pass on him, admitted he would have passed had Trout been on the board when he picked. There were questions about Manny Machado. There were questions about Jose Abreu. If the kid comes in, works hard, he has all the talent to be a star. Remember those old leaked scouting reports about Frank Thomas? Said he wouldn't hit .250.

 

 

There are going to be scouts that love guys, and scouts that question the same guy, and the guy they love, the other scout might not like. There are very few guys all of them are sold on. KW and the Sox people watched him. And liked him enough JR is going to spend $50 million on him. They are obviously sold.