LUIS ROBERT TRADED

[ChiSoxFanMike]

11 minutes ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

I’d be happy with Bader 2/$20M and Giolito 2/$30M to round out the offseason. Addresses two big holes and doesn’t block anyone in the near term. Both could also be future trade pieces if they perform well.

I’d still like a leverage reliever as well, though the market is very picked over.

[Bob Sacamano]

18 minutes ago, ChiSoxFanMike said:

I’d still like a leverage reliever as well, though the market is very picked over.

Seranthony Dominguez. Spend whatever of that $20M you have to spend to get him. Very difficult sell to get him here but he can be with a contender mid-season

[ChiSoxFanMike]

17 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Seranthony Dominguez. Spend whatever of that $20M you have to spend to get him. Very difficult sell to get him here but he can be with a contender mid-season

Forgot about him, he would be intriguing.

[77 Hitmen]

15 hours ago, StrangeSox said:

Contract the franchise imo

Nah, just sell to Ishbia now and let him build a new stadium at the 78.  There's a ton of potential for this franchise that's being wasted under Jerry Reinsdorf.

[77 Hitmen]

4 hours ago, poppysox said:

I don't understand why Jerry wants to be the managing partner if he can't afford to play the game.  Estate taxes are not driven by the title you have.  Taxes are driven by the value of the holding at his time of death.  

Ego/pride.  As long as he's healthy, he doesn't want to give up being the guy in charge.   It's probably why Ishbia doesn't get controlling option to buy the team until Jerry's 98 years old.

 

[Lip Man 1]

Sox Machine reviews the deal and Roberts time in Chicago:

"Does trading Robert officially end the cycle of tearing down thinly-built would-be contending rosters, or simply reset it? Ideally, the new players and staff on hand get to determine that answer, even if Getz's first line of touting Acuña's merits began in a familiar way. "We're talking about a player that's five-plus years of control."

https://soxmachine.com/2026/01/couldve-been-worse-couldve-been-better-white-sox-trade-of-luis-robert-jr-matches-his-tenure

[fathom]

I love that I was joking about the Sox wanting Melendez….and now it seems they do 

[southsider2k5]

11 minutes ago, fathom said:

I love that I was joking about the Sox wanting Melendez….and now it seems they do 

There is a fair chance the dude just saw your post and shared it as his info.

[CaliSoxFanViaSWside]

16 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said:

I 100% think he rebounds with the bat, at least to slightly above league average levels.  Can’t comment on his health.  Feels like his big problem is his body is too muscular and tight and without an offseason to train differently, I’m not sure what a new club could do there.

When he signed with Boras they gave him options of trainers he could work with to  improve in all kinds of things. That a part of being a Boras client. Boras wants to make sure his clients understand they are a product that he will present as shiny as possible. That's how the top agencies work. Of course Robert has to buy into it and might have had to sever old ties with previous trainers . 

[WestEddy]

This is pretty much where I'm settling. If they kept him on the team, I'd hope for him to play 140 games and move back towards his ceiling. I was pretty much resigned to him being an 85 OPS+ dude who would play 100 games a year. I'm not interested in playing Back to the Future to determine the exact second Getz messed up by not making the perfect move. 

 

This one didn't bother me at all. Sox weren't going to magically become contenders if - a huge IF - he somehow played 140 games. Thanks for not much but a lot of unfulfilled hope and good luck with the Mets.

— Marty Maciaszek (@martymaciaszek) January 22, 2026

 

[Baron]

 

[Squirmin' for Yermin]

23 hours ago, fathom said:

I’m surprised Sox haven’t added MJ Melendez this offseason. Former top prospect with the Royals?  Sounds like their dream player.

I'd be completely fine with Melendez. Big power potential, and nice beard

[Look at Ray Ray Run]

5 minutes ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said:

I'd be completely fine with Melendez. Big power potential, and nice beard

Guys got 1600 at bats in his career an a -1.1 career WAR.

Between him and Kelenic, they've got 3000ish career AB's and a .2 WAR. You extrapolate that out over another 30,000 AB's and boom, you've just stole 2 WAR!

The White Sox Moto: Where guys with 1500 career at-bats go to "get their opportunity" to show what they can do! 

[WestEddy]

6 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Guys got 1600 at bats in his career an a -1.1 career WAR.

Between him and Kelenic, they've got 3000ish career AB's and a .2 WAR. You extrapolate that out over another 30,000 AB's and boom, you've just stole 2 WAR!

The White Sox Moto: Where guys with 1500 career at-bats go to "get their opportunity" to show what they can do! 

I'm just wondering who you think populates AAA rosters. 

[Look at Ray Ray Run]

6 minutes ago, WestEddy said:

I'm just wondering who you think populates AAA rosters. 

The scary thing is if you assume Benetendi is a DH, Melendez and Kelenic could be arguably your 2nd and 3rd best major league outfielders as negative players.

While I agree that they should be AAA fodder, if he comes in they'll be releasing articles about swing changes, have a "welcome back to Chicago, MJ" giveaway night, and seeking out banners of former players who are dead for him and Kelenic to walk in front of.

[kitekrazy]

2 hours ago, 77 Hitmen said:

Ego/pride.  As long as he's healthy, he doesn't want to give up being the guy in charge.   It's probably why Ishbia doesn't get controlling option to buy the team until Jerry's 98 years old.

 

  He has become a joke of an owner on planet Earth and seems clueless about that.

 Gotta get better quicker he once said promoting Getz,  

[JUSTgottaBELIEVE]

3 hours ago, ChiSoxFanMike said:

I’d still like a leverage reliever as well, though the market is very picked over.

Sure but the nice thing about adding a vet SP like Gio is you can bump Newcomb to the pen where I think he is best suited.

[chitownsportsfan]

1 hour ago, Lip Man 1 said:

Sox Machine reviews the deal and Roberts time in Chicago:

"Does trading Robert officially end the cycle of tearing down thinly-built would-be contending rosters, or simply reset it? Ideally, the new players and staff on hand get to determine that answer, even if Getz's first line of touting Acuña's merits began in a familiar way. "We're talking about a player that's five-plus years of control."

https://soxmachine.com/2026/01/couldve-been-worse-couldve-been-better-white-sox-trade-of-luis-robert-jr-matches-his-tenure

Jim has officially given his verbosity to Fegan, for the worse. 

[JUSTgottaBELIEVE]

55 minutes ago, Baron said:

 

MJ on a minor league deal would be nice

[southsider2k5]

13 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

The scary thing is if you assume Benetendi is a DH, Melendez and Kelenic could be arguably your 2nd and 3rd best major league outfielders as negative players.

While I agree that they should be AAA fodder, if he comes in they'll be releasing articles about swing changes, have a "welcome back to Chicago, MJ" giveaway night, and seeking out banners of former players who are dead for him and Kelenic to walk in front of.

It would be wild to assume that minor league deal means will only play at AAA.  The Sox have churned their rosters like Amish making butter the last few years.  These dudes are almost certainly going to see Chicago for some period of time, more than a few of them will see significant playing time.

[DoUEvenShift]

3 minutes ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

MJ on a minor league deal would be nice

Wouldn't be the first time

[Bob Sacamano]

9 minutes ago, JUSTgottaBELIEVE said:

Sure but the nice thing about adding a vet SP like Gio is you can bump Newcomb to the pen where I think he is best suited.

It kinda seems like they are giving him the opportunity to start though.

[Baron]

1 minute ago, Bob Sacamano said:

It kinda seems like they are giving him the opportunity to start though.

I'm hoping his starting career here if there is one is short lived. He belongs in the pen. 

[Bob Sacamano]

1 minute ago, Baron said:

I'm hoping his starting career here if there is one is short lived. He belongs in the pen. 

Agreed

[JUSTgottaBELIEVE]

2 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

It kinda seems like they are giving him the opportunity to start though.

Sure along with Pereira, Acuna, Hill, Baldwin, Kelenic, etc. Throw a bunch of these guys at the wall and see what sticks. Hope to find two mlb players out of em, even if they’re simply non-negative WAR players it would be a small win.