Just now, almagest said:

The last two hits by Robert were unreal. One handed off-balance double in the gap and an offspeed on his hands he kept fair down the left field line.

he has frank's hands it appears.

Yea... this kid is the best Sox prospect I've ever seen. 

Eloy was the best Sox prospect I ever saw hit in the minors... and then Luis Robert arrived. And then he was doing it with the glove too.

Now he's doing it in the show.

Edited August 2, 20205 yr by SoxAce

Abreu can’t do anything with RISP

3 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?ID=144206

 

Look at Merrifield from 2010 to 2013 in the minor leagues, he wasn't even close to being an 800 OPS guy there through age 24.   Four seasons of major struggles.

It wasn't until he turned 25 that he really started to emerge as a hitter.

Merrifield is 6'1". Madrigal is 5'5".  The power will never come.  Never

whoops there were 2 outs, fuck i pulled a moncada.

Robert with a heart of gold taking away the attention from madrigal

Just now, TheTruth05 said:

7 ABs!!!

You do know a lot of us have followed him for a few years, as well as seen batted ball metrics?  

How good are Wander Franco and Gavin Lux? Seriously? 

10 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:

I hate how ricky plays with fire with horrible relievers in quasi blowouts.

If you can't play them now . . . 

7 minutes ago, Jose Abreu said:

Say what you want about this organization's young talent, but the fact that we drafted Jace Fry over Bryce Harper speaks volumes.

"Professional career. The Chicago White Sox selected Fry in the third round, with the 77th overall selection, of the 2014 MLB draft."

Making determinations on high school pitching....an incredibly challenging area for the White Sox for 30 years, by order of Jerry Reinsdorf.   The White Sox have also never (until recently) wanted to deal with Scott Boras clients, additionally.

I can't think of any high school pitchers who have done well.  We drafted Jason Stumm and Kris Honel high and they were complete busts.  Same with Spencer Adams, more recently.

Ironically, Gio Gonzalez is probably the best counterexample of a high school pitcher succeeding, just not with the Sox.

Edited August 2, 20205 yr by caulfield12

1 minute ago, fathom said:

You do know a lot of us have followed him for a few years, as well as seen batted ball metrics?  

I’m agreeing with you, just some posters think we don’t like Madrigal’s profile over 7 ABs

Did that guy play tongue tag with his dog? God please stop these videos

I knew that guy was going to say cracker jacks. It’s Cracker Jack. Don’t say jacks. 

1 minute ago, Harold's Leg Lift said:

Merrifield is 6'1". Madrigal is 5'5".  The power will never come.  Never

Maybe he should have a talk with Jose Altuve so he can give Nick his..... secrets...

Just now, Jack Parkman said:

How good are Wander Franco and Gavin Lux? Seriously? 

Gavin Lux is a poor man's Nick Madrigal

2 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said:

How good are Wander Franco and Gavin Lux? Seriously? 

IMO, evaluators have been way too low on Robert's defense/speed and way too dismissive of Franco's defensive concerns. Robert is a better prospect

 

Edit: I've been saying this since last year, not just from this brief Robert sample

Edited August 2, 20205 yr by Jose Abreu

Of course that’s fair...

Sox determined to make this a close game. 

They are gonna have to use Bummer and Colome aren’t they??

1 minute ago, flavum said:

I knew that guy was going to say cracker jacks. It’s Cracker Jack. Don’t say jacks. 

Pretty much every Cubs' 7th inning stretch by non-baseball personalities, especially the NFL people and random celebs.

Sucks the BP is going to make Ricky use Bummer and possibly more.

Just now, fathom said:

Sox determined to make this a close game. 

What's a fun game thread without the threat of Colome coming in the game in a save situation?

I like Cishek, but he’s looked awful so far

Cishek taking Herrera's place as token bullpen gascan. 

Cishek leaving some in the middle of the plate