April tends to be comparatively quiet on the transaction entrance. The early a part of the month noticed a handful of extensions as talks that had begun in Spring Coaching carried into the common season. There in all probability will not be rather more important sizzling range exercise for the following couple months. That is largely as a result of all however three groups — the White Sox, Marlins and Rockies — went into the season with some measure of hope about competing. The trio of clearly noncompetitive golf equipment had already moved most of their lifelike commerce candidates who’d deliver again prospect expertise.
Luis Robert Jr. is an exception. The White Sox held onto their former All-Star middle fielder over the offseason. Robert was coming off the worst season of his profession. He misplaced almost two months early within the season with a hip flexor pressure and was unproductive when wholesome. He hit .224/.278/.379 with 14 homers in 100 video games. Robert appeared nothing just like the participant who’d completed twelfth in AL MVP balloting one 12 months earlier.
It made for a tough analysis. Robert has proven star upside — not solely within the aforementioned 2023 marketing campaign however in an injury-shortened ’21 season when he hit .338/.378/.567 over 68 video games. Final 12 months’s White Sox have been en path to the worst season within the trendy period. Possibly Robert’s .216/.253/.302 displaying within the second half mirrored some quantity of psychological fatigue. At 27 years previous, he ought to stay in his prime.
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