Jake Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Quote Only 10 days after earning a promotion to Class A Advanced Winston-Salem, the White Sox No. 3 prospect has landed on the seven-day disabled list, retroactive to June 29. Robert injured his left thumb during the first four-hit game of his career Thursday against Frederick. The White Sox reportedly don't consider the issue serious and are just being cautious with the outfielder. It's the same thumb he sprained during Spring Training, which kept sidelined for the first eight weeks of the season. per https://www.milb.com/milb/news/winston-salem-dash-place-luis-robert-on-seven-day-disabled-list/c-283818818?tcid=tw_article_283818818 Haven't seen any discussion of this elsewhere on Soxtalk for whatever reason. Any other details known? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reiks12 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Luis "The Glassman" Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 The thing I saw was that he jammed his thumb making a catch at the wall or against the wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Harold Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Balls. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 (edited) He is made of glass....not good. He's lost a ton of development time this year. Edited July 2, 2018 by fathom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justBLAZE Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Is that the same injury that kept him sidelined since Spring Training? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySox Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Prospects having a rough go of it this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fathom Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Just now, justBLAZE said: Is that the same injury that kept him sidelined since Spring Training? Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Harold Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 I suppose this makes it a tad better, still terrible, but slightly less maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWSpalehoseCWS Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 So that injury was never fully healed to begin with? What crap news. Kid needs to learn the baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Replacement Level Poster Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 This does suck. He has missed basically a whole year of development. Even time in the AFL won’t equal the almost full year of lost professional state side baseball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanne Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 30 minutes ago, CWSpalehoseCWS said: So that injury was never fully healed to begin with? What crap news. Kid needs to learn the baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint. yeah...however...a thumb injury REALLY takes a long time to completely heal from my experience. Sucks he's missed so much time....typical Sox horseshit luck tho. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 1 hour ago, CWSpalehoseCWS said: So that injury was never fully healed to begin with? What crap news. Kid needs to learn the baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint. He had plenty of time for the first injury to heal. Sounds like he just had another injury. Needs to stop leading with his hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footlongcomiskeydog Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 This kids tools don't mean anything if he can't stay healthy. At this point he won't be up till 2021. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxfest Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 LR fast becoming the tin man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHurt3515 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 I don't understand how young athletes get hurt so easily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Has anyone made trite references to his fragility yet? If not, insert one here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 (edited) Seems to always be a concern for he and Micker with Eloy treading this way as well. Edited July 3, 2018 by Harry Chappas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 11 hours ago, ChiliIrishHammock24 said: Has anyone made trite references to his fragility yet? If not, insert one here. I would not call it trite. One year into this career with the White Sox he seems to be injured enough for it to be a issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted July 3, 2018 Author Share Posted July 3, 2018 The fact that the bulk of the missed time is due to a thumb injury makes me less worried than I'd otherwise be. I had what I believe to be the same thing happen to my thumb when I was playing ball and it took a long time to start feeling normal even after the pain had subsided. I always felt like if I wasn't careful the ligament felt like it could easily get re-aggravated. At any rate, I'm not worried about a prospect who has weak hand ligaments. If he was constantly getting serious hamstring or knee injuries or something like that, I'd be more concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 16 hours ago, ChiliIrishHammock24 said: Has anyone made trite references to his fragility yet? If not, insert one here. I don't know why that would be frowned upon. Last year, he didn't play in the States and was basically playing slightly higher than High School baseball and got hurt. Lost half season. This year, hurt in spring training, gets some ABs, still rusty, hurt again. 201 plate appearances and who knows if he has any left this year. None of the injuries are serious, but they have been constant, and some guys are like that. Hopefully he isn't, but it isn't a good start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScootsMcGoots Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 21 minutes ago, Dick Allen said: I don't know why that would be frowned upon. Last year, he didn't play in the States and was basically playing slightly higher than High School baseball and got hurt. Lost half season. This year, hurt in spring training, gets some ABs, still rusty, hurt again. 201 plate appearances and who knows if he has any left this year. None of the injuries are serious, but they have been constant, and some guys are like that. Hopefully he isn't, but it isn't a good start. Derrek Rose-esque...with less success/experience obviously Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footlongcomiskeydog Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Ain't no guarantees in a rebuild. That is why you need to suck hard for 4-5 years and acquire a bunch of top five draft picks. Gotta keep stocking the farm with high end prospects to cover for inevitable flameouts and/or career altering injuries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySox Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 12 minutes ago, Scoots said: Derrek Rose-esque...with less success/experience obviously Thumbs and knees are very different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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