April 16, 20196 yr I'm pretty pumped about it. Luis Robert has five home runs in 10 games and continues to build a case for AA. Read about his success, along with Advanced-A standouts Nick Madrigal, Codi Heuer and Alec Hansen here! Edited April 25, 20196 yr by Rankin
April 16, 20196 yr In a perfect world, do Robert and Madrigal both get called up in mid-April next year?
April 16, 20196 yr Robert should be on the super fast track. Either AA or AAA can be bypassed. There is no good reason for not moving him now.
April 16, 20196 yr 2 hours ago, oldsox said: Robert should be on the super fast track. Either AA or AAA can be bypassed. There is no good reason for not moving him now. I'd have no problem with Robert skipping AAA if he dominates AA.
April 16, 20196 yr 5 hours ago, SoxBlanco said: In a perfect world, do Robert and Madrigal both get called up in mid-April next year? Sooner if they sign Eloy type extensions.
April 21, 20196 yr Why are they waiting to promote Robert to AA? They are wasting his time and his career by having him down there.
April 21, 20196 yr 40 minutes ago, tray said: Why are they waiting to promote Robert to AA? They are wasting his time and his career by having him down there. Relax . He still has little experience . It's a long season .Another month in A+ won't hurt. The best prospect on the planet has over 1000 minor league AB's ( Vlad Guerrero Jr.). Robert has 329. Moving him means moving other pieces to accommodate him. He still has a lot to learn. Baseball isn't as easy as he is making it look right now. No sense grinding him down . He's on fire now but long seasons do wear a guy down who is not used to it yet no matter how good a physical specimen he is. Let's see if he can stay healthy for 6 months while playing nearly every day. If he does there's a decent chance he can start next year with the Sox but I would imagine with so little experience that he will struggle at some point in AA or AAA and he will need to adjust and we will need to stay patience just like with Moncada.
April 21, 20196 yr Robert was removed from the game last night with a left hand contusion / soreness according to Van Schouwen of the Sun Times. He wrote there was no incident (i.e. slide) that caused it. Hand is sore. He's day to day. Edited April 21, 20196 yr by Lip Man 1
April 21, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, BigHurt3515 said: Seems like this hand issue is always going to come up Relax. He’s fine
April 22, 20196 yr It is his left hand again, the hand with the thumb sprain that plagued him last season and earlier in the Spring. I am concerned about this. Is there any more information about this injury ?
April 22, 20196 yr 6 hours ago, tray said: It is his left hand again, the hand with the thumb sprain that plagued him last season and earlier in the Spring. I am concerned about this. Is there any more information about this injury ? If it's a hand contusion on his left hand it's very possible this is caused by the knob of the bat. Hes hitting the ball so good and hard right now the knob could be smashing up against his hamate. This was a problem for Stanton a couple years ago too.
April 22, 20196 yr 3 hours ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said: If it's a hand contusion on his left hand it's very possible this is caused by the knob of the bat. Hes hitting the ball so good and hard right now the knob could be smashing up against his hamate. This was a problem for Stanton a couple years ago too. It was a HBP
April 22, 20196 yr Just now, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said: It was a HBP Daryl says there was no incident that caused it. I am going off that. There are guys that are so strong and they grip the bat so low and strong that they bruise their hand when swinging. All he has to add is a pad on his knob or shave the knob down a little. If it's a hbp I'd be even less worried.
April 25, 20196 yr 40 minutes ago, Ozzie’s Cuban Cigar said: “Relax he’s fine”. Good call Eloy Do you know something that isn’t on Twitter?
April 25, 20196 yr Some rando on twitter last night said he heard that his hand is broken and he will be out until August, but a couple FS Sox guys quoted him saying that is BS.
April 25, 20196 yr 2 hours ago, ChiSox59 said: Some rando on twitter last night said he heard that his hand is broken and he will be out until August, but a couple FS Sox guys quoted him saying that is BS. We would have known if it were the broken hand thing by now. Apparently he took batting practice
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