He's much improved since I stopped giving my money away and Maddon stopped trying to make him a lead off hitter. His 2nd half last year was quietly really good.

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Glad we can agree hyping prospects is both fun and stupid

If we were talking Eloy I would agree. America makes a solid point about his CF defense and the impact that's having. That's not just gonna go away

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I agree, but I liked the kid all the way back to his IU days. And hated when the cubs drafted him, just like the kid this year.

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Agreed.

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Yep, he's literally robbing sure hits and covering enough ground to make Eloy's defensive deficiencies manageable.

He gets a great jump on the ball, has amazing sprint speed, takes good routes, and has an arm to match.

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This kind of knock-on effect makes Robert's impact tough to really quantify. He makes all sorts of things possible.

If they can somehow have Abreu, Eloy and Vaughn all in the same lineup that's a coup.

Vaughn looked ready. Abreu to DH next year, I suppose.

no way Vaughn is here before the ASB if at all.

I'll say Abreu is the opening day 1B even in the last year of his contract (2022)

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Robert's floor comp without a lower body injury is probably Devon White. And that would mean that pitchers found a weak spot and he could only hit .270/.320/.420 with league leading range and a plus arm. And nearly 2000 games played.

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Hopefully, you won't be able to stop him. But, you know, it's a championship year, whatever's best for the team.

I get the same feeling about him that I did about Frank Thomas when he first came up.

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Below the belt is tingling and your pants are tight?

I would of played him in RF while Marza was on the DL.

He's probably the best White Sox centerfielder of all-time already. But it's an admittedly low bar.

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You really think he's better than Ken Berry or Rudy Law?

Is he better than future HOFer Palka? That is the really important question

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Jungle Jim Landis!

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Well, he's only played ten games but he's easily better than both those guys. Ken Berry was a .250 career hitter and I'm not sure he ever hit double digit homers in a season. Rudy Law was a nice player but he was only with the Sox for a few seasons. And I couldn't really say he was better than Aaron Rowand. The guys in the conversation are Lemon and Landis. Johnny Mostil if you want to go back that far.

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No respect for the 1 dog

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I wasn't being sarcastic enough. He is better, glad he turned the Cardinals down.

This is what I was looking for!

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Or scotty pods

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Pods played Left.

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Chester Lemon was a great CFer. So that's the bar.

Gotcha

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I think he is going to strike out a ton as this season progresses

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Those were my thoughts watching him in summer camp. I'm not so sure now. It seems he doesn't want to allow it to get to 2 strikes. He made an adjustment. Which is good. He certainly will have to keep making adjustments.

This is looking to be correct

Yeah. That a good comp. Different kind of hitters and completely different skill set but yeah, when Frank came up, you just knew that he would be a great hitter.

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Oh, he might have went on livin'
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When he tried to match the Ranger
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