July 22, 2025Jul 22 39 minutes ago, DirtySox said: Luis not in the lineup tonight. 🤔 My favorite part is when we start seeing who isn't in the minor league line ups of key teams.
July 22, 2025Jul 22 Venable's competence will be highly questioned if he's just deciding to rest him today with Luis red hot and the Sox on a roll.
July 22, 2025Jul 22 22 minutes ago, fathom said: Heyman said Padres might be the leaders, if Twitter is to be believed That's not a good sign...their prospect pool is not great in terms of fits (De Vries and a few others I'm sure are off the table). I'd much rather have PHI or NYM be the leaders. And our transactions with Preller have been... suboptimal.
July 22, 2025Jul 22 10 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: Heard there’s no trade. Whatever that means. I kinda figured had more to do with the weather in Tampa and the pitcher.
July 22, 2025Jul 22 Thinking of the upcoming hugwatch we will have going on led me to the memory of people expecting the imminent trade of Chris Sale because he was pulled from his start and then it ended up that he had taken scissors to his jersey....that was next level nuts there.
July 22, 2025Jul 22 25 minutes ago, TheBooneLoganEra said: Venable's competence will be highly questioned if he's just deciding to rest him today with Luis red hot and the Sox on a roll. Keep his confidence high instead of playing him against a tough righty.
July 22, 2025Jul 22 15 minutes ago, wegner said: Thinking of the upcoming hugwatch we will have going on led me to the memory of people expecting the imminent trade of Chris Sale because he was pulled from his start and then it ended up that he had taken scissors to his jersey....that was next level nuts there. Chris has matured quite a bit. He did an interview on Mookie's podcast and the redneck kid from South Florida is pretty much out of him.
July 22, 2025Jul 22 12 minutes ago, SoxBlanco said: Keep his confidence high instead of playing him against a tough righty. Meh
July 22, 2025Jul 22 9 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: Chris has matured quite a bit. He did an interview on Mookie's podcast and the redneck kid from South Florida is pretty much out of him. Ah, maturity is a wonderful thing. My better half hopes that I achieve it one day. I wonder if I should get back to work?
July 22, 2025Jul 22 30 minutes ago, DirtySox said: Can always pinch hit in a tight game or defensive replacement for an inning or 2 late in the game. I wonder if Venable would risk his 8 game hitting streak on one AB ? An intact hitting streak is good optics.
July 22, 2025Jul 22 24. Luis Robert Jr., OF, Chicago White Sox Chance of trade: 50% Robert has been extremely unlucky with ball-in-play results this season, but that has begun to turn around recently. He remains a strong defender and baserunner, with a career-high 24 steals already. But the .201/.289/.342 line is unsightly, and his trade value has cratered over the past two seasons. He has a pair of $20 million-a-year club options that an acquiring team would be hesitant to exercise absent a turnaround. Finding a match with a team willing to give up more for Robert's upside rather than his productivity could be challenging. Best fits: San Diego, Philadelphia, New York Mets, San Francisco Houser 32nd Notice Soroka and Moncada at very back end of rankings... https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45568636/ranking-mlb-trade-deadline-candidates-alex-bregman-jarren-duran Looks like Kwan Lugo Bubic Duran Jax all going will further weaken AL Central... Edited July 22, 2025Jul 22 by caulfield12
July 22, 2025Jul 22 5 hours ago, WestEddy said: I know this is all just posturing, but this is the first I've seen this tactic floated in this particular instance - keep Robert and pick up the option White Sox’s surprising new Luis Robert Jr. trade plans revealed | Sporting News If all we get are offers worthy of, say, a .200 hitter, then why not?
July 22, 2025Jul 22 14 minutes ago, GreenSox said: If all we get are offers worthy of, say, a .200 hitter, then why not? Because JR isn't going to pay 20 million for a 200 hitter when the whole budget is likely to be at or south of 100m.
July 22, 2025Jul 22 21 minutes ago, SoCalChiSox said: Because JR isn't going to pay 20 million for a 200 hitter when the whole budget is likely to be at or south of 100m. Why is this so difficult to understand? Jerry is not taking a $20 million dollar gamble that Robert will rebound in 2026, even if it may be the right strategy if the current trade offers for Robert are weak. It simply isn’t happening. Robert is gone one way or another. The Sox payroll is at what right now — around $80 million? So Jerry is going to pay one player 25% of the entire current payroll next year? I think not… Edited July 22, 2025Jul 22 by WhiteSox2023
July 22, 2025Jul 22 With Robert having two $20M options (i think), the Sox having ridiculously low payroll obligations, and Ishbia money coming in soon, is there a scenario where the Sox pick up his first option before a trade, then throw in the money to essentially turn it into a cheap 1-year deal with an option for the receiving team?
July 22, 2025Jul 22 1 hour ago, WhiteSox2023 said: Why is this so difficult to understand? Jerry is not taking a $20 million dollar gamble that Robert will rebound in 2026, even if it may be the right strategy if the current trade offers for Robert are weak. It simply isn’t happening. Robert is gone one way or another. The Sox payroll is at what right now — around $80 million? So Jerry is going to pay one player 25% of the entire current payroll next year? I think not… Getz will likely burn $20M filling out the roster with garbage, and not spending $20M on a single player will no doubt keep the boss happy.
July 23, 2025Jul 23 1 hour ago, JoeC said: With Robert having two $20M options (i think), the Sox having ridiculously low payroll obligations, and Ishbia money coming in soon, is there a scenario where the Sox pick up his first option before a trade, then throw in the money to essentially turn it into a cheap 1-year deal with an option for the receiving team? edit nvm Edited July 23, 2025Jul 23 by joejoesox
July 23, 2025Jul 23 3 hours ago, JoeC said: With Robert having two $20M options (i think), the Sox having ridiculously low payroll obligations, and Ishbia money coming in soon, is there a scenario where the Sox pick up his first option before a trade, then throw in the money to essentially turn it into a cheap 1-year deal with an option for the receiving team? So hope he continues playing well for the remainder of the season, pick up the option, throw in $10 million to the team you trade him to, and then that team gets Robert on a 1 year, $10M deal with an option for the next year?
July 23, 2025Jul 23 23 minutes ago, SoxBlanco said: So hope he continues playing well for the remainder of the season, pick up the option, throw in $10 million to the team you trade him to, and then that team gets Robert on a 1 year, $10M deal with an option for the next year? I think he means pick up the option now, still trade him but also include to pay down the salary for next year so a team gets him cheap for rest of this year, cheap in 2026, and a team option for 2027.
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