Even TA is all in on Luis

https://twitter.com/TimAnderson7/status/1295752904477990912?s=20

 

14 hours ago, Jose Abreu said:

While Robert will likely be much better, I think his progression at the plate will mirror Anderson's. Anderson's second at-bat against Boyd last night in the second inning was a fantastic display of his growth as a hitter since 2016. I think we'll be seeing Robert have similar ABs in coming years, once he starts laying off sliders and forcing pitchers to come into the zone like Anderson does now

Robert has such quick hands. He is just a spectacularly good hitter. He'll never have the walks or the massive OBP, but the boy can flat out hit.  Love watching him play and I still think he ends up becoming a good defensive SS for a good chunk of his career (not elite or great, but good).  

Wow.  I watch the Sox auctions on a regular basis, and this is unreal.

https://whitesox.auctions.mlb.com/iSynApp/auctionDisplay.action?sid=1102381&auctionId=3298664&pgmode1=teamsearch&pgcust1=&qt[0].type=fieldmatch&qt[0].name=*&qt[0].value1=*

5 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Wow.  I watch the Sox auctions on a regular basis, and this is unreal.

https://whitesox.auctions.mlb.com/iSynApp/auctionDisplay.action?sid=1102381&auctionId=3298664&pgmode1=teamsearch&pgcust1=&qt[0].type=fieldmatch&qt[0].name=*&qt[0].value1=*

With how hard he hits a baseball, that ball is far too damaged to pay any more than $2000 for it. 

5 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

Wow.  I watch the Sox auctions on a regular basis, and this is unreal.

https://whitesox.auctions.mlb.com/iSynApp/auctionDisplay.action?sid=1102381&auctionId=3298664&pgmode1=teamsearch&pgcust1=&qt[0].type=fieldmatch&qt[0].name=*&qt[0].value1=*

Only explanation... Luis Robert himself is a bidder and wants to own all of the 800+ balls he will hit for home runs over his career. The most likely display of which will be an inset wall feature on the entryway of his 88,000 square foot home.

2 minutes ago, hi8is said:

Only explanation... Luis Robert himself is a bidder and wants to own all of the 800+ balls he will hit for home runs over his career. The most likely display of which will be an inset wall feature on the entryway of his 88,000 square foot home.

I believe the exact number of homeruns he will hit in his career will be 880. 

12 minutes ago, ptatc said:

I believe the exact number of homeruns he will hit in his career will be 880. 

No doubt.

A good friend of mine is an avid Baseball card collector/seller. He said that the Market for La Pantera is immense. People in the biz are buying him up expecting him to be the next Trout as far as value rise. 

42 minutes ago, EloyJenkins said:

A good friend of mine is an avid Baseball card collector/seller. He said that the Market for La Pantera is immense. People in the biz are buying him up expecting him to be the next Trout as far as value rise. 

Everything that has come up with his name has gone insane in value.

1 hour ago, EloyJenkins said:

A good friend of mine is an avid Baseball card collector/seller. He said that the Market for La Pantera is immense. People in the biz are buying him up expecting him to be the next Trout as far as value rise. 

He actually has 2 autographs- one regular and one where he literally prints his name

2 hours ago, ptatc said:

I believe the exact number of homeruns he will hit in his career will be 880. 

No doubt.
 

Just buy this card for $60,000 already, won’t ya!

https://www.ebay.com/i/153471477601?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=153471477601&targetid=934800885296&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=9031180&poi=&campaignid=10876471603&mkgroupid=107964302620&rlsatarget=pla-934800885296&abcId=9300401&merchantid=6296724&gclid=Cj0KCQjws536BRDTARIsANeUZ5-lP_Ri85oiQGlmU473V_wLmfoIeQw4Er1LWDrw1jqLzBp7A8niXIEaAh7uEALw_wcB

Edited August 27, 20205 yr by hi8is

https://www.mlb.com/video/luis-robert-s-449-ft-home-run
 

https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/video/luis-robert-comes-clutch-win-go-ahead-9th-inning-run

Let's talk about Robert, because what he is doing is pretty incredible. 

On August 12th, Rick Renteria watched Robert finish off a 3/25 stretch with 11 K's. He was reeling; swinging at everything, and pitchers were taking advantage. Luis got a day of on the August 13th and 14th - in that time, he said he "figured it out" with coach.

Plenty of players say things like that, but Robert doesn't just say them... he does them. 

Since that day, Robert is hitting 16/48 (.333) with 8 home runs, and four walks. He's raised his OPS from .816 to .960.

When Luis Robert didn't change his approach and walk more last year, it was because he didn't have to. Luis reluctantly realized he can't swing at literally everything and he's already adjusted and he has destroyed the league.

Robert said he figured it out and he meant forever. Pray for the league.

I am going to say it here too. 449 is WAY too short on that distance. Look how far above the 411 sign that hit and tell me that wasn’t going 475 or more.

The title alone is worth the link.

 

Last six games he has a 1:1 BB/K ratio at 7.7% each.

This is a very arbitrary cutoff but just want to do a quick comparison:

7/24-8/23

36.4 K%

48.0% O-Swing%

55.6% Contact %

26.7% Swinging Strike%

39.8% O-Contact%

 

8/25-8/31

7.7 K%

41% O-Swing%

13.7% Swinging Strike%

76.3% Contact%

76% O-Contact%

 

He's been making a ton of more contact lately and though his chase rate is still high it looks like he's making a big improvement there. He was already killing it with a 55% contact rate so if he can maintain 70% going forward he's going to have video game numbers.

Edited September 1, 20205 yr by OmarComing25

If anyone is keeping up with the Rookie of the Year race between Luis and Kyle Lewis.

Luis: More homers (10) and RBIs (24), lower batting average (.298), OBP (.348), and less runs scored (22). Vastly superior defense and higher fWAR (1.7).

Lewis: Less homers (8), RBIs (22), higher batting average (.328), OBP (.418), and runs scored (29). Worse defense and lower WAR (1.6).

I think Luis' comparable offense, highlight defense, and the fact that the Sox are contenders in part to him is what will push him over the edge (especially the last part). If he wins a Gold Glove, that'll clinch it for him.

5 minutes ago, OmarComing25 said:

Last six games he has a 1:1 BB/K ratio at 7.7% each.

This is a very arbitrary cutoff but just want to do a quick comparison:

7/24-8/23

36.4 K%

48.0% O-Swing%

55.6% Contact %

26.7% Swinging Strike%

39.8% O-Contact%

 

8/25-8/31

7.7 K%

41% O-Swing%

13.7% Swinging Strike%

76.3% Contact%

76% O-Contact%

 

He's been making a ton of more contact lately and though his chase rate is still high it looks like he's making a big improvement there. He was already killing it with a 55% contact rate so if he can maintain 70% going forward he's going to have video game numbers.

One thing that was common in the minors were these games where he is just completely lost and goes 0-5 with 4ks.

I thought we'd see that a lot in the majors. We really only saw it a few times, cubs series it showed up against dervish.

That has been pretty amazing to me. The last two days, there just isn't anyone else you'd rather see up late in the game, as good as Abreu/TA are. You just see him and know that he's going to hit the crap out of something even if it isn't  a hit. He isn't going to walk. He is not gonna K. He's going to hit the crap out of something.

21 minutes ago, Quin said:

If anyone is keeping up with the Rookie of the Year race between Luis and Kyle Lewis.

Luis: More homers (10) and RBIs (24), lower batting average (.298), OBP (.348), and less runs scored (22). Vastly superior defense and higher fWAR (1.7).

Lewis: Less homers (8), RBIs (22), higher batting average (.328), OBP (.418), and runs scored (29). Worse defense and lower WAR (1.6).

I think Luis' comparable offense, highlight defense, and the fact that the Sox are contenders in part to him is what will push him over the edge (especially the last part). If he wins a Gold Glove, that'll clinch it for him.

If they keep this up, they might not just be competing for AL ROY.... they might be competing for AL MVP!

50 minutes ago, Quin said:

If anyone is keeping up with the Rookie of the Year race between Luis and Kyle Lewis.

Luis: More homers (10) and RBIs (24), lower batting average (.298), OBP (.348), and less runs scored (22). Vastly superior defense and higher fWAR (1.7).

Lewis: Less homers (8), RBIs (22), higher batting average (.328), OBP (.418), and runs scored (29). Worse defense and lower WAR (1.6).

I think Luis' comparable offense, highlight defense, and the fact that the Sox are contenders in part to him is what will push him over the edge (especially the last part). If he wins a Gold Glove, that'll clinch it for him.

While Luis is winning the defensive metrics on paper, Kyle Lewis has also made the highlights for robbing home runs this year so he's got that flashy appeal right now. Robert's "highlights" have been stealing balls out of position, more a product of him being so good/fast. I agree that Robert looks to have superior defensive ability, just feel like Kyle Lewis shouldn't be sold sort on his highlights. It's more of a "makes things look easy" vs. "makes things look harder than they should" argument, and the casual viewer will be more impressed by those "difficult" plays rather than seeing Robert somehow catching a pop-up behind homeplate or something crazy with his range and speed.

Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but after last night's game, Robert's WAR took a nice bump to 2.2.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2020-batting-leaders.shtml

 

4 minutes ago, RudyLawRules said:

Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but after last night's game, Robert's WAR took a nice bump to 2.2.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2020-batting-leaders.shtml

 

fWar people are going to crush you.

Robert doing the damage he has, with the plate approach that he has, is legitimately one of the most incredible things I've ever seen. I do not understand how it's possible. He should be like early Javy Baez or something the way he goes about his attack. Instead he's been one of the best players in baseball already. 

He actually might end up being the best player in baseball. 

Edited September 1, 20205 yr by mqr

14 minutes ago, bmags said:

fWar people are going to crush you.

I guess this means WAR. ?

13 minutes ago, mqr said:

Robert doing the damage he has, with the plate approach that he has, is legitimately one of the most incredible things I've ever seen. I do not understand how it's possible. He should be like early Javy Baez or something the way he goes about his attack. Instead he's been one of the best players in baseball already. 

He actually might end up being the best player in baseball. 

He's a lot stronger and faster than Javy Baez.