If you were looking to the Cincinnati Reds to bring years of Luis Robert Jr. trade speculation to an end, they’ve instead looked to other options by signing JJ Bleday and trading for Dane Myers. Neither preclude the addition of a more proven outfielder — and indeed, the Cincinnati Enquirer says they’re still in contact with the White Sox about Robert — but if nothing else, they serve to illustrate the lack of real leverage the White Sox have in any conversation. Bleday was non-tendered and Myers is 29 and coming off a .617 OPS, but “they’ll be considerably cheaper” is a valid counterargument for a team that argues that Robert’s upside is nullified by the threat of a null output.
At this point, it’s healthiest to pencil Robert into a 2026 White Sox roster until Chris Getz is inspired to budge, and that got me trying to pencil in the rest of a potential 26-man roster to better understand what kind of work is left as the White Sox advance into the back half of the offseason.
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