Ball of Confusion

With the calendar finally turned to February, I read on the MLB website today that White Sox outfielder Luis Robert Jr. David Adler’s pick as “dark horse candidate to be the best player in” the AL Central. From Adler’s lips to God’s ears. A day before in The Athletic, Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon wrote that the Sox and Reds were sort-of close to a deal for Robert, who appeared to be worth in the neighborhood of one prospect who’d missed 2024 after labrum surgery. Hence, my confusion. Read one guy, and Robert just might produce on a level with Bobby Witt Jr. Read another source, and Robert may be worth little more than a rehabbing minor leaguer. Knowing the Sox, they’ll hold out for two rehabbing players.