Luis Robert Jr. has showcased his potential to remove an extra-base hit with an amazing catch.
Against the Cincinnati Reds on Friday on the Great American Ball Park, the Chicago White Sox heart fielder confirmed off his arm by doubling off a runner at first with a sensational throw after making a catch.
The sequence got here at a crucial half, too, with the Sox main by one run within the ninth inning. Reliever Reynaldo López adopted the double play with a strikeout to protect a 5-4 victory.
“I didn’t think that the runner (Jake Fraley) would take such a huge lead because it was honestly a routine fly,” Robert stated by means of an interpreter earlier than Wednesday’s sport in opposition to the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. “When I noticed that, I assumed ‘Let’s strive it.’ I took benefit of it.
“Nobody talks much about my arm strength, but that’s also because I feel like I don’t have a super arm.”
Robert has been very good just lately on the plate. He homered in that sport, a two-run shot that gave the Sox the lead for good.
He entered Wednesday with an eight-game hitting streak and slashed .462/.588/.923 (12-for-26) throughout the stretch with three doubles, three house runs, eight RBIs and 10 runs. He hit a solo homer Tuesday in a 4-2 victory in opposition to the Royals.
Robert stated he hasn’t been doing something particularly totally different.
“It’s just baseball,” Robert stated. “You won’t always be getting the results that you are hoping to get, and that’s baseball. But you need to keep working hard and the results are going to be there sooner rather than later if you work hard.”
Robert entered Wednesday slashing .261/.331/.507 with eight homers and 21 RBIs in 36 video games.
“I actually see them in a good place right now,” Sox supervisor Pedro Grifol stated Monday. “They are engaged on swing choices lots within the cages. We try to emulate (at-bats) within the cages and dealing on swing choices. That’s actually vital to us. We’ve completed it now for a few week and a half. We are seeing some enhancements.
“It could be guys are getting more comfortable at the plate. There are a lot of things that could go into that. When you are not swinging the bat well, you tend to kind of expand the zone a little bit, get yourself in trouble. But for the most part our guys are starting to shrink the strike zone a little bit and getting good pitches to hit.”
Five of Robert’s 9 walks have come throughout the hitting streak.
“It’s about experience,” Robert stated of displaying persistence on the plate. “(With) more experience, you know more how they are attacking you. I’m also able to make adjustments on a daily basis because they aren’t always attacking you the same way. Then for you to be able to recognize that, I think you do that with experience.”
There additionally was a teachable second when Robert was pulled from an April 29 sport in opposition to the Tampa Bay Rays after slowing up on the way in which to first base. Communication was a element within the scenario.
“I definitely understand that part,” Robert stated. “They are trying to protect you, but I also know the importance of being able to play. If I feel that I can play in a higher percentage, even though it’s not 100%, if I feel like I am able to run I will do it. I will push for it.”
Billy Hamilton to the IL as a part of 4 roster strikes
The Sox made 4 roster strikes Wednesday, together with inserting outfielder Billy Hamilton on the 10-day injured checklist with a left hamstring pressure retroactive to Sunday.
“He felt a little funky (after a stolen base against the Minnesota Twins) but it wasn’t really that bad,” Grifol stated Wednesday, “but it kept getting worse little by little and (they) did some imaging here and (he) needed a break.”
The Sox additionally chosen the contract of outfielder Jake Marisnick from Triple-A Charlotte, recalled pitcher Nick Padilla from Charlotte and designated reliever Alexander Colomé for project.
Marisnick slashed .264/.407/.391 with six doubles, one house run, 9 RBIs, 17 walks, 12 runs and eight stolen bases in 30 video games with the Knights.
“Jake will play defense late, he’ll run, he’ll pinch run,” Grifol stated. “He’ll get in there against left-handed pitching. Happy to have him here, a really good defender, a right-handed bat, can run the bases, steal some bases, high energy, high motor.”
Sox keep in mind longtime scout Dave Yoakum
Yoakum died Wednesday at his house in Orlando, Fla. He was 76.
Yoakum was an assistant to the final supervisor with the Sox from 1991-2020. They made the postseason 5 occasions throughout that stretch, together with successful the World Series in 2005.
Yoakum was a co-founder of the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation.
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