April 10Apr 10 1 minute ago, WhiteSox2023 said:Mets management play it easy and baby him in ST and he lights it up.Sox management plays him when he’s still banged up, can only swing with one arm, and tell him to slow jog the bases.There’s a difference.Nope. I wish Robert all the luck in the world. Win the triple crown. But couldn't stay healthy. Dudes go to Driveline to hone their skills. They seek out trainers to figure out their own issues above and beyond what the team does. Management Agencies also help out with this. Didn't see any of that with him.
April 10Apr 10 1 minute ago, WestEddy said:Nope. I wish Robert all the luck in the world. Win the triple crown. But couldn't stay healthy. Dudes go to Driveline to hone their skills. They seek out trainers to figure out their own issues above and beyond what the team does. Management Agencies also help out with this. Didn't see any of that with him.I posted facts. This is what happened. You didn’t really refute any part of my post, other than that the Sox couldn’t keep him healthy. Let’s see what the Mets do…
April 10Apr 10 3 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:I posted facts. This is what happened. You didn’t really refute any part of my post, other than that the Sox couldn’t keep him healthy. Let’s see what the Mets do…No, I didn't. He also did nothing to stay healthy. Again, I wish him well, and I wish him success. Lots of it. But other than that, he can f*** off. LOl.
April 10Apr 10 1 minute ago, WestEddy said:No, I didn't. He also did nothing to stay healthy. Again, I wish him well, and I wish him success. Lots of it. But other than that, he can f*** off. LOl.I get it, but our return for him looks like he is going to struggle to put up a .650 OPS with the way he swings at everything. Vientos or whatever other offers out there previously might have been better unfortunately. Getz is bad at this. Edited April 10Apr 10 by WhiteSox2023
April 10Apr 10 1 minute ago, WhiteSox2023 said:I get it, but our return for him looks like he is going to struggle to put up a .650 OPS with the way he swings at everything. Vientos or whatever offers out there previously might have been better unfortunately.Sure. I think I'm in the camp of "just trade him and let's move on". Truman Pauley's going to be a beast. Schriffen's call for that has to be "You, my good hitting friend, have been served up one Hyannis Port strikeout. Now be a good sport and take a seat to give your teammate a go of it!!"
April 10Apr 10 3 minutes ago, Chick Mercedes said:This is for the the couple isolated stragglers that still wanted to keep hope aliveAnd on the flip side:
April 10Apr 10 2 minutes ago, DoUEvenShift said:And on the flip side:Cuda was on that too. I would have say, some players are just not gonna make it happen where they are, and need to move on
April 11Apr 11 2 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:Again, keep him healthy, and I will be impressed.I agree with you. But let’s be honest, the Sox managed him the exact opposite way that the Mets did.Just jog the bases slowly after contact…Just swing with one arm…Meanwhile, the Mets babied him in ST. They didn’t overplay him in less important ST games and allowed him to be 100% healthy for the season.Robert could very well get injured again, but the Mets have done a good job to minimize that risk so far. Edited April 11Apr 11 by WhiteSox2023
April 11Apr 11 Robert is an elite athlete. Every time I saw him run full speed to beat out a hit in the infield, I was expecting him to get hurt. That’s not good.I wish him well, but it was time to move on.
April 11Apr 11 5 minutes ago, Middle Buffalo said:Robert is an elite athlete. Every time I saw him run full speed to beat out a hit in the infield, I was expecting him to get hurt. That’s not good.I wish him well, but it was time to move on.The time was earlier, as in 2023, when Getz knew of his own plans to start another rebuild. Instead, he waited and got back a utility infielder than can’t hit as the return.
April 11Apr 11 6 minutes ago, Middle Buffalo said:Robert is an elite athlete. Every time I saw him run full speed to beat out a hit in the infield, I was expecting him to get hurt. That’s not good.I wish him well, but it was time to move on.6 minutes ago, Middle Buffalo said:Robert is an elite athlete. Every time I saw him run full speed to beat out a hit in the infield, I was expecting him to get hurt. That’s not good.I wish him well, but it was time to move on.Yes it was time for Robert Jr to move on, but still they received nothing in return for him, nothing. They would have been better off keeping him. It was simply a salary dump when they traded him.
April 11Apr 11 2 hours ago, WBWSF said:Yes it was time for Robert Jr to move on, but still they received nothing in return for him, nothing. They would have been better off keeping him. It was simply a salary dump when they traded him.He was never going to lead a league in OBP with the White Sox...
Saturday at 08:51 PM5 days We do have to figure out why certain players don’t function here. Maybe if Robert just arrived from Cuba today, things would be different. If, the Sox are now different.
Saturday at 09:33 PM5 days The Sox have currently 0 outfielders on their roster who would be even a 5th outfielder on basically any other MLB team.Trading him was not necessary. It was a dumb, bad trade. "Time to move on" yet no one can explain what that means or say as to why.
Saturday at 10:15 PM5 days 42 minutes ago, Buehrle>Wood said:The Sox have currently 0 outfielders on their roster who would be even a 5th outfielder on basically any other MLB team.Trading him was not necessary. It was a dumb, bad trade. "Time to move on" yet no one can explain what that means or say as to why.They were broke and didn’t want to pay one player such a large percentage of their budget. There wasn’t enough outcry about them bragging how they’d spend the Robert money. They should have been able to spend more in the first place.
Saturday at 10:40 PM5 days 1 hour ago, Buehrle>Wood said:The Sox have currently 0 outfielders on their roster who would be even a 5th outfielder on basically any other MLB team.Trading him was not necessary. It was a dumb, bad trade. "Time to move on" yet no one can explain what that means or say as to why.Robert was a sunk cost on this team. He missed 47% of his games with the Sox due to injury. Why do Sox fans fall in love and die on the sword for mediocre players? Edited Saturday at 10:43 PM5 days by CWSpalehoseCWS
Saturday at 11:00 PM5 days 18 minutes ago, CWSpalehoseCWS said:Robert was a sunk cost on this team. He missed 47% of his games with the Sox due to injury. Why do Sox fans fall in love and die on the sword for mediocre players?You made up that number.Regardless, the answer to your question was already addressed. Mediocre players are a much better alternative than not having a single outfielder who would be on any other MLB team's roster.It was a salary dump. Still a bizarre reason for any fan to defend the move when we sit at the bottom of the league in payroll. There was otherwise no reason to move Robert just to move him.
Saturday at 11:12 PM5 days 3 minutes ago, Buehrle>Wood said:You made up that number.Regardless, the answer to your question was already addressed. Mediocre players are a much better alternative than not having a single outfielder who would be on any other MLB team's roster.It was a salary dump. Still a bizarre reason for any fan to defend the move when we sit at the bottom of the league in payroll. There was otherwise no reason to move Robert just to move him.Per chatGPT:2020 (Shortened Season – 60 games)Games Played: 56Missed: 4% Missed: 6.7%📊 2021Games Played: 68Missed: 94% Missed: 58.0%👉 Major hip flexor tear (primary cause)📊 2022Games Played: 98Missed: 64% Missed: 39.5%👉 Wrist, vision issues, leg injuries📊 2023 (Healthy Year)Games Played: 145Missed: 17% Missed: 10.5%📊 2024Games Played: 100Missed: 62% Missed: 38.3%📊 2025 (estimate based on typical availability trend)Games Played: ~110Missed: ~52% Missed: ~32%📈 Overall (2020–2025 White Sox Tenure)Total Possible Games: 870Games Played: ~577Games Missed: ~293✅ Final Percentage Missed: ~33.7%So I was high, regardless, having a player not actually available for 1/3 of his career with you is pretty damn pointless especially when they have only 1 good outlier year. I'll take his 5 year career average with the Sox over overreacting with his first 13 games with the Mets when predicting the guy's value. And salary dump or not, they did spend the money they ended up saving by moving him. You don't have to like what they spent it on, but they didn't pocket it.
Saturday at 11:19 PM5 days 7 minutes ago, CWSpalehoseCWS said:Per chatGPT:2020 (Shortened Season – 60 games)Games Played: 56Missed: 4% Missed: 6.7%📊 2021Games Played: 68Missed: 94% Missed: 58.0%👉 Major hip flexor tear (primary cause)📊 2022Games Played: 98Missed: 64% Missed: 39.5%👉 Wrist, vision issues, leg injuries📊 2023 (Healthy Year)Games Played: 145Missed: 17% Missed: 10.5%📊 2024Games Played: 100Missed: 62% Missed: 38.3%📊 2025 (estimate based on typical availability trend)Games Played: ~110Missed: ~52% Missed: ~32%📈 Overall (2020–2025 White Sox Tenure)Total Possible Games: 870Games Played: ~577Games Missed: ~293✅ Final Percentage Missed: ~33.7%So I was high, regardless, having a player not actually available for 1/3 of his career with you is pretty damn pointless especially when they have only 1 good outlier year. I'll take his 5 year career average with the Sox over overreacting with his first 13 games with the Mets when predicting the guy's value. And salary dump or not, they did spend the money they ended up saving by moving him. You don't have to like what they spent it on, but they didn't pocket it.It's likely Sandlin is never worth that money being wasted on Hicks, fwiw.Nobody would have predicted Robert or Justin Crawford on this obp list.1Yordan AlvarezDH.5162Ben Rice1B.4903Andy PagesCF.4814Sal Stewart1B.4695Luis Robert Jr.CF.4586Jose Altuve2B.4436Yandy DíazDH.4436Taylor WardLF.4439Vladimir Guerrero Jr.1B.43310Justin CrawfordCF.422 Edited Saturday at 11:23 PM5 days by caulfield12
Sunday at 01:11 AM5 days 1 hour ago, CWSpalehoseCWS said:Per chatGPT:2020 (Shortened Season – 60 games)Games Played: 56Missed: 4% Missed: 6.7%📊 2021Games Played: 68Missed: 94% Missed: 58.0%👉 Major hip flexor tear (primary cause)📊 2022Games Played: 98Missed: 64% Missed: 39.5%👉 Wrist, vision issues, leg injuries📊 2023 (Healthy Year)Games Played: 145Missed: 17% Missed: 10.5%📊 2024Games Played: 100Missed: 62% Missed: 38.3%📊 2025 (estimate based on typical availability trend)Games Played: ~110Missed: ~52% Missed: ~32%📈 Overall (2020–2025 White Sox Tenure)Total Possible Games: 870Games Played: ~577Games Missed: ~293✅ Final Percentage Missed: ~33.7%So I was high, regardless, having a player not actually available for 1/3 of his career with you is pretty damn pointless especially when they have only 1 good outlier year. I'll take his 5 year career average with the Sox over overreacting with his first 13 games with the Mets when predicting the guy's value. And salary dump or not, they did spend the money they ended up saving by moving him. You don't have to like what they spent it on, but they didn't pocket it.Just go to baseball reference, open up the calculator app, and save the world some water and emissions. A win win for everyone.
Sunday at 01:15 AM5 days ABAVGHRRBISBOPSMead22.273141.860 Edited Sunday at 01:16 AM5 days by caulfield12
Sunday at 01:20 AM5 days 5 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:ABAVGHRRBISBOPSMead22.273141.860Way too small of a sample size but this will be funny to watch.
Sunday at 04:22 PM4 days “Luis Robert Jr. is not in the Mets’ starting lineup for Sunday’s series finale against the Athletics.The Mets have planned on giving the 28-year-old outfielder regular days of rest this season to keep him fresh and giving the elite production that he has provided so far, there’s no reason to shy away from that plan.“
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