9:52pm: X-rays came back negative, Van Schouwen tweets. Robert’s day to day with a sore right hand.
9:38pm: White Sox phenom Luis Robert left the team’s game early Tuesday after an attempt at a diving catch in the seventh inning, James Fegan of The Athletic reports. Robert was “shaking his right hand,” per Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times. The White Sox replaced him with Luis Gonzalez.
While it’s unclear whether this will prove to be a serious injury, but any notable absence for the 23-year-old Robert would be a significant blow to the White Sox. The long-hyped prospect has more than lived up to the billing in his first major league season, and has emerged as a serious American League Rookie of the Year candidate. Through the initial 95 plate appearances of his career, Robert has slashed .276/.330/.517 (130 wRC+) with five home runs, four stolen bases and 1.1 fWAR.
Aside from Robert and Gonzalez, Adam Engel’s the only member of the White Sox who has played center this year. However, the club placed Engel on the injured list Monday because he may have come into contact with someone who has the coronavirus.
NOOO! Even though this is one of the teams fighting with Texas for the 8th spot in the playoffs, I hate this (and TBH I kind of want Texas to suck for the next week or so, just so we trade Lynn, but that’s besides the point). I love Robert, he is Mini-Mike Trout. Plays with a Tatis like charisma, and attracts fans to the game. I hope it’s not bad, I didn’t see it.
From what I saw, it looked like he caught his wrist under him as he dove. Hopefully nothing wrist related. Also, incorrect Luis Gonzalez linked (and it’s not even the D’backs one!).
White Sox can not afford to lose Robert for any extended time, because they have no depth in system. All of the heralded outfielders they bragged about two years ago have stalled.
This also makes the odd decision to let go of basabe for nothing even worse. They literally have no one else in entire system that can realistically play CF. The trade of walker for Mazara is also looking pretty bad right now.
But happy to see Gonzalez finally get a shot.
“This also makes the odd decision to let go of basabe for nothing even worse”
Not that I agree with letting Basabe go for nothing, but they also had a healthy Engel and Leury at that time. Not many teams have enough OF depth to go 4 deep in CF with decent options. That being said, even if they did have other options, they’d likely be in much, much worse shape without Robert.
Aren’t X-rays always negative?
No.
When an X-Ray is not negative it is reported as “_______ has a broken _____”.
When an X-Ray is negative it is reported as X-Ray came back negative.
BlueSkies—-I saw the humor in your post…..it went right over will bill’s head. Perhaps he’s not quite old enough to get the photography reference.
Thank you for getting it. I didn’t think I was being too obscure, but you never can tell.
There wasn’t anything to get Mike (your burner account). Another bogus post on your part. Thanks for staying consistent.
Mike – you don’t pay attention to Blue. He’s not that bright. Ask around. Also, wasn’t funny. But way to give it a good try.
Wild Bill…. stop getting butt hurt. Your meltdowns are cringeworthy.
One of our resident badnasties. He thinks we’re impressed.
That’s a relief. Day-to-day is a whole lot better than weeks (or even the rest of the year, since there’s only 5 1/2 weeks left in the season). He’s done well so far, but he needs that development the rest of this short season.
Another day, another injury. Imagine how much better they’d be if they had their projected starting lineup available regularly.
Sox are showing how deep their roster is.
Lots of pleasant surprises with bullpen pitchers and Mendick.
Luis Gonzalez not so much last night.
Why is this kid considered a phenom? He had a breakout year at AAA last year, but his stats so far this year look ordinary
@johndietz
Wow. You realize he has all of 24 career MLB games under his belt. You’re assuming he’s never going to progress as a player, even though he’s only 23.
I can tell you follow baseball closely.
A 131 wRC+ and .276/.330/.517 slash for a rookie looks “ordinary” to you? Really?
The kid has top of the charts speed and power. Across the board, his skills are great-to-elite. If everything clicks and he continues to turn those skills into on-field performance, he’ll pretty easily be one of the best players in the game. He’s off to a very, very strong start.
*all of this obviously assumes he can stay healthy enough to reach his potential
@Priggs89
How dare you support your argument with facts. John Dietz didn’t use any facts with his silly comment. You sure made that argument unfair.
Let’s just hope the moderators aren’t paying attention.
Can you all stop using contractions as a possessive after someone’s proper name? It’s confusing.