20 minutes ago, almagest said:

That definitely doesn't help him, but his approach and health are bigger problems.

Yeah I can't fully put the blame on "no protection" when it's more approach.

31 minutes ago, Chicago White Sox said:

I agree, although it’s a bit concerning that he will once again have no protection at all.

He should learn to take a walk, then. 

45 minutes ago, almagest said:

Then they need to hang onto him and hope he can recover enough value to get something at the deadline. If not... oh well. He'll take the Moncada route out of here.

Been saying for awhile this is the most likely outcome if they don’t trade him this winter.

25 minutes ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

Been saying for awhile this is the most likely outcome if they don’t trade him this winter.

68, 98, 145, 100. 

The number of games Luis Robert has played in each of the last 4 seasons. Odds are he misses a good chunk of time in 2025.

Edited December 17, 20241 yr by Bob Sacamano

38 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Yeah I can't fully put the blame on "no protection" when it's more approach.

His aggressiveness is a bigger problem when teams aren’t going to pitch to him because there are no other threats in the lineup.  Having a real bat (or two) beyond him would make a big difference IMO.

36 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said:

He should learn to take a walk, then. 

He should but is easier said than done for a guy like him.

29 minutes ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

Been saying for awhile this is the most likely outcome if they don’t trade him this winter.

You seem to be cheering for this to happen.

5 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:

You seem to be cheering for this to happen.

I’d rather they trade him before we find out

5 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:

His aggressiveness is a bigger problem when teams aren’t going to pitch to him because there are no other threats in the lineup.  Having a real bat (or two) beyond him would make a big difference IMO.

 

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/chicago-white-sox/news/could-white-sox-gift-their-new-manager-former-no-1-prospect/b570042f65c0d350501d1860

 

11 minutes ago, KennyPowers said:

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/chicago-white-sox/news/could-white-sox-gift-their-new-manager-former-no-1-prospect/b570042f65c0d350501d1860

 

that is a strangely worded article to me. kind of gets to the point in like the last sentences

 

10 minutes ago, striker said:

 

All. The. Catchers.

7 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

All. The. Catchers.

Not that I believe that’s a real rumor, but looks like he plays a good amount of RF, and I assume he’d play there while Tauchman plays CF

12 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said:

Not that I believe that’s a real rumor, but looks like he plays a good amount of RF, and I assume he’d play there while Tauchman plays CF

Yeah I don’t actually trust that account.

1 hour ago, PaleAleSox said:

 

Meidroth constantly on base should help some no doubt.

1 hour ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Yeah I don’t actually trust that account.

That’s one of the worst trade proposals I’ve seen

2 hours ago, striker said:

 

The Pirates are going to add a big salary?  This is obviously a troll account. 

4 hours ago, Fielder Jones said:

that is a strangely worded article to me. kind of gets to the point in like the last sentences

I thought it was just me. I had to keep re-reading each paragraph thinking it didn’t make sense because of some major grammatical error. But there were no errors, and it was like the sentences were written “backwards” or something. Maybe it was AI generated. 

8 minutes ago, Sambuca said:

I thought it was just me. I had to keep re-reading each paragraph thinking it didn’t make sense because of some major grammatical error. But there were no errors, and it was like the sentences were written “backwards” or something. Maybe it was AI generated. 

I keep thinking a lot of these articles are written, not by AI, but by a foreign language AI. 

I sometimes run my own writing through ChatGPI. I'll get into arguments, late night, after a bottle of wine, with it. Asking for rhyming words for a particular word, I finally got ChatGPI to admit it doesn't really understand the concept of rhyming. 

24 minutes ago, Sambuca said:

I thought it was just me. I had to keep re-reading each paragraph thinking it didn’t make sense because of some major grammatical error. But there were no errors, and it was like the sentences were written “backwards” or something. Maybe it was AI generated. 

Honestly, a lot of Sportings News articles feel like they are AI generated.

1 hour ago, Chicago White Sox said:

Honestly, a lot of Sportings News articles feel like they are AI generated.

Isn't that what happened to whatever's left of Sports Illustrated (minus the Swimsuit Issue)?

14 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Isn't that what happened to whatever's left of Sports Illustrated (minus the Swimsuit Issue)?

They were using AI for some articles, but I thought it had stopped.

7 hours ago, KennyPowers said:

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/chicago-white-sox/news/could-white-sox-gift-their-new-manager-former-no-1-prospect/b570042f65c0d350501d1860

 

“… the Mets have reportedly been interested in White Sox outfielder Luis Robert Jr. While Chicago likely would not give up the oft-injured but very talented slugger… “

Uh… ya sure about that? 😆

7 hours ago, Bob Sacamano said:

All. The. Catchers.

There's no way in HELL that the Pirates are going to trade Jones for Robert...they believe his value is closer to Crochet's.

And they're certainly not going to add another "bigger" salary while getting rid of the much cheaper and younger centerpiece of their rotation.

For Davis+ without Jones being involved at all, sure.

 

We love to take on the baggage of former first round draft picks that fail elsewhere...and then try to "fix" them, usually failing somewhere along the way.   But especially when there's a dramatic position shift like catcher or 1B/3B to OF.  That's our specialty, right?