{"id":46448,"date":"2025-05-22T14:56:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/46448\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T14:56:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T14:56:22","slug":"chicago-white-sox-star-luis-robert-jr-gives-brutally-honest-take-over-his-trade-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/46448\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago White Sox star Luis Robert Jr. gives brutally honest take over his trade value"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/chicago-white-sox\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chicago White Sox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Chicago White Sox<\/a> center fielder <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/luis-robert\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Luis Robert Jr.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Luis Robert Jr.<\/a> gave a brutally honest assessment about his trade value amid a year-and-a-half-long regression.<\/p>\n<p>Robert, who is slashing just .186\/.281\/.308 with five home runs and a 70 OPS+, told reporters Tuesday, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/whitesox\/news\/luis-robert-jr-addresses-struggles-at-the-plate-and-trade-rumors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:MLB.com\u2019s Scott Merkin;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">MLB.com\u2019s Scott Merkin<\/a>, that he can\u2019t fathom any team would want to acquire him at the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, as my season is going, I don\u2019t think anybody is going to take a chance on me,\u201d said Robert through the team interpreter. \u201cI just focus on trying to get better. I can\u2019t think of anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a stunning decline for Robert over the last two seasons. In 2023, he was an All-Star for the first time, hitting .264\/.315\/.542 with 38 home runs, 36 doubles, and a 130 OPS+.<\/p>\n<p>However, during an injury-plagued 2024 where he appeared in 100 games, his numbers dipped dramatically \u2014 a .224\/.278\/.379 slash line, 14 home runs, 19 doubles, and an 86 OPS+. His performance has deteriorated further this year.<\/p>\n<p>Robert explained to Merkin that he\u2019s trying to rediscover his All-Star form.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI try to be that player every day. I prepare myself the best way I can to be that player. If at the end of the day the results aren\u2019t there, that is something I can\u2019t control,\u201d said Robert. \u201cEverybody here works hard to get the results every day. When you are working hard and the results aren\u2019t there, you feel a little sad for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite his offensive struggles, Robert is playing Gold Glove-caliber defense, leading MLB in stolen bases (17), and showing improved plate discipline. He\u2019s walking 11.7% of the time while chasing strikes out of the zone only 29% \u2014 both career bests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been stealing a lot of bases just because I have that ability and just trying to make the most of the chances that are on the bases,\u201d Robert described. \u201cThere have been few instances where I\u2019ve been able to do that, especially with the season that I\u2019ve been having at the plate. But that\u2019s something that I enjoy and like I said before, I try to help my team in any way I can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robert was widely viewed as a top trade candidate heading into the year, despite his disappointing 2024 season. His contract includes $20 million team options each for 2026 and 2027. If he was playing like he did in 2023, it would be a no-brainer for playoff teams to deal for Robert, but now, with the White Sox holding onto him for too long, he appears to be a sunken cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chicago White Sox center fielder Luis Robert Jr. gave a brutally honest assessment about his trade value amid&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2379],"tags":[5,138,49,2561,369,4,14641,396,2562],"class_list":{"0":"post-46448","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-white-sox","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-white-sox","11":"tag-chicagowhitesox","12":"tag-luis-robert","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-scott-merkin","15":"tag-white-sox","16":"tag-whitesox"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114552070736029598","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}