August 8, 20241 yr Robert struggling right now... but he came into this year with like a 128 ops + little bit of overreaction going on.
August 8, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, Balta1701 said: Luis Robert is the perfect distillation of the laziness of the White Sox’s staff. Any other, professional organization with a guy coming up with his talent level, they would work with him on good habits like preparing for games and using information to be better. The White Sox firmly believe that this is too much work. This is where the lack of staff employed by the team matters. While he’s coming up, he isn’t coached, and when he’s healthy he has success based solely on his athletic gifts. When he gets to the big leagues, he doesn’t know the coaches names because he doesn’t want coaching and doesn’t believe in it. This has been said publicly, he doesn’t want scouting reports he just wants to do his thing, and no one in the White Sox organization was willing to correct it. Now, it has become a bad habit that he doesn’t think he needs to change, after all he’s an all star. They drop videos about how great of shape he’s in, but not about him working on recognizing pitches or studying film, because convincing him to do that and then teaching him effectively would take hard work, and the White Sox don’t do that. Then a few injuries start nagging more, he goes from 99th percentile skills to something less than that at least for a time, and his athleticism doesn’t carry him as much as he used to. Because they allowed him to get away with not wanting to learn anything, he has not become a smarter player like many guys do with experience, he’s still trying to swing as hard as he can, but it’s just less effective. Anyway, let's take the guy in charge of developing that player and make him run the entire org.
August 8, 20241 yr It is really a shame that the Sox cannot get maximum production out of Robert. A massive amount of talent, 5 tool, but this franchise is a joke top to bottom. Where is the hitting coach? Who is working with Robert? This is the franchise's 1 legit star position player. Just a meaningless rant on my part, nothing will change until a new owner comes in. Edited August 10, 20241 yr by Falstaff
August 8, 20241 yr Remember when we were told Luis was the second coming of Mike Trout? Trout's played on some pretty bad Angels team, but he never quit on them like Luis.
August 8, 20241 yr How did this organization turn into what it is today. It was a really good one in the 90's and 2000's. How did this happen.
August 8, 20241 yr I think it is important for a player to be healthy before we judge their ability to perform. I have no idea if Robert is really healthy or not. I assume he is close to healthy since he is playing pretty regularly but maybe he is not.
August 8, 20241 yr 12 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said: I think zero protection is playing a much bigger role than people realize. That is probably also fair. They don't have to throw him a strike because who is going to drive him in if he walks?
August 8, 20241 yr 10 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: That is probably also fair. They don't have to throw him a strike because who is going to drive him in if he walks? Vaughn the RBI machine. He's got a great chance at 70 this year. That is more than two a week. Blistering pace.
August 8, 20241 yr Rick Hahn extended (and gave immediate raises) to the players his career was tied to, instead of using those funds to bring in more talent in the present, and somehow was cheered on by 99% of the fanbase while he did it. I blame myself.
August 8, 20241 yr 33 minutes ago, ScootsMcGoots said: How did this organization turn into what it is today. It was a really good one in the 90's and 2000's. How did this happen. We refuse to adjust to 2024 and instead want to run an organization based on how the Brooklyn Dodgers and David Eckstein did it.
August 8, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, ScootsMcGoots said: How did this organization turn into what it is today. It was a really good one in the 90's and 2000's. How did this happen. That's the million dollar question and the answer probably involves a lot of areas and a lot of people. Off the top of my head here may be two examples: JR's ego that continues to insist his way is the right way to win. Since 2007 this franchise is one of the worst in baseball. JR refuses to adapt, refuses to hold people accountable until much too late, and continues to insist on "fiscal responsibility" even though MLB by Manfred's own admission is now a 10 billion dollar a year business. The "inbred" attitude of the organization. Almost like a mob mentality, if you aren't connected to the "family" we have little to no interest in hiring you. Very little outside perspective on the problems and issues.
August 10, 20241 yr Author Luis Fucking Robert Ladies and gents This man absolutely sucks at baseball for a SUPPOSED star good night
August 10, 20241 yr 5 minutes ago, 2Deep said: Luis Fucking Robert Ladies and gents This man absolutely sucks at baseball for a SUPPOSED star good night He doesn’t suck at baseball. He just doesn’t care and he’s obviously lazy. Moncada and Eloy rubbed off on him in the worst way.
August 10, 20241 yr Author 2 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said: He doesn’t suck at baseball. He just doesn’t care and he’s obviously lazy. Moncada and Eloy rubbed off on him in the worst way. What you said hurts at the core as a sox fan. I'm never going to call anyone lazy ..... He either does not give a f*** or he sucks! DARRELL BOSTON all over again for those that know
August 10, 20241 yr If they wanna somehow prevent being the worst team of all time, you gotta sit the automatic outs for an extended period of time You gotta sit Robert, and Vargas for the next few days. And get rid of Corey Julks for the love of god
August 10, 20241 yr 6 minutes ago, 2Deep said: What you said hurts at the core as a sox fan. I'm never going to call anyone lazy ..... He either does not give a f*** or he sucks! DARRELL BOSTON all over again for those that know His raw talent is off the charts. His inability to stay healthy saddled with a poor organization has probably beaten him down mentally where he doesn't care anymore and he's probably pissed he wasn't traded.
August 10, 20241 yr Luis Robert over the last 30 games: .190/.248/.293 (.541 OPS) 48Ks 9BBs 2HRs But hey, he's got 13 bags
August 10, 20241 yr 2 minutes ago, joejoesox said: Luis Robert over the last 30 games: .190/.248/.293 (.541 OPS) 48Ks 9BBs 2HRs But hey, he's got 13 bags STAR
August 10, 20241 yr People seem to think when you're not very good at baseball for a month or two, you're a terrible person. Luis Robert is lazy and a thief! He's stealing Jerry's hard earned money!!
August 10, 20241 yr 8 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said: He doesn’t suck at baseball. He just doesn’t care and he’s obviously lazy. Moncada and Eloy rubbed off on him in the worst way. Might be true to a small extent.
August 10, 20241 yr I went back and edited my post from Thursday. I removed the part that I said it appears that Robert has checked out. To be fair I do not have clue what he is thinking. He is in a major slump, and it looks bad but he is an elite ballplayer.
August 10, 20241 yr 10 minutes ago, JoeC said: Body language speaks volumes. He looks defeated. How about Robert hits a walk off tonight to get the old juices going.
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