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GLENDALE, Ariz. Imagine being a corner outfielder for the White Sox, camped under a routine fly ball, when suddenly a blur comes flying past to basically grab the baseball from your glove.
That blur is Luis Robert, who at 6-foot-2 and 210 pounds is built like an NFL defensive back with the elite speed of a deep-threat wide receiver. Robert also turned his seemingly left-field-line to right-field-line range into an American League Gold Glove Award as a rookie in 2020.
“Playing with Luis Robert is really fun,” said White Sox left fielder Eloy Jiménez. “Sometimes [it’s not], because he tries to catch every ball. I m just kidding. When he won the Gold Glove, I was so happy.”
Astros shortstop Carlos Correa expressed his desire to remain in Houston for the remainder of his career, but he emphasized following the team’s first full workout of Spring Training on Monday in West Palm Beach, Fla., that he wants an extension to get done before the start of the regular
By Liam Davis
December 12, 2020
Each year, the Winter Meetings is one of the most exciting weeks of the MLB offseason. The hot stove is heating up, the winter holidays and a new year are just around the corner, and Spring Training is only a couple of months away.
Despite taking place virtually, this year’s Winter Meetings were no different. Throughout the week, the Orioles’ Baseball Operations department was hard at work, doing everything from attending virtual meetings with executives from other clubs to fortifying the farm system, and even adding some talent at the Major League level through the annual Rule 5 Draft.
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HOUSTON The virtual Winter Meetings were uneventful for the Astros, who are still waiting to make their first significant move of the offseason. That may not happen until free agent center fielder George Springer re-signs with the Astros . or, more likely, signs with someone else.
So let’s open the Inbox for the final time in 2020 and take a look at what’s on your mind:
After 2021, do you see the Astros going into rebuild mode, or will they continue to try to reload and compete? @49ersCamelot on Twitter
While I think the 2021 season represents perhaps the last best shot to make it back to the World Series for the Astros, I don’t see owner Jim Crane doing any sort of rebuilding any time soon. They have a young pitching nucleus, star infielders Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve are signed to long-term deals, and outfielder Kyle Tucker and designated hitter Yordan Alvarez are stars in the making. There’s enough talent there to keep pushing. A lot will de