It is not as if the Los Angeles Dodgers are struggling to begin the 2025 MLB season -- but the defending World Series champions are on the hunt for upgrades anyway, just 18 games into the new campaign.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have put aside trade talks with the Chicago White Sox for centerfielder Luis Robert Jr., according to MLB insider Bob Nightengale.
The 2025 MLB trade deadline is not until July 31, but that won’t stop the Los Angeles Dodgers from looking to upgrade their roster with any chance they get.
The Dodgers and White Sox previously engaged in trade talks that would’ve sent center fielder Luis Robert Jr. to Los Angeles in exchange for outfielder James Outman and an unnamed “front-line prospect,” according to a report from USA Today’s Bob Nightengale.
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox are tabling trade talks for Luis Robert Jr., per USA Today. Robert is a White Sox outfielder who has been the subject of consistent trade talks in the last year.
Where will the Kansas City Royals shop this summer to bolster their outfield? Kansas City isn’t getting solid production at the plate from virtually any of their outfielders to start the 2025 season, and this will become a problem if and when the Royals return to the postseason and attempt to advance further than they did in 2024.
Brooks Baldwin lined a game-ending RBI single and Luis Robert Jr. smacked a two-run home run to lift the host Chicago White Sox to a 3-2 victory against the Boston Red Sox on Saturday.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are coming off a sloppy six-game road trip in which they went 2-4 against the Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Nationals. After opening the season 8-0, the Dodgers came back down to earth, and played below-average baseball manager Dave Roberts wasn't used to seeing.
The Kansas City Royals' outfield is the subject of constant dismay. In 2024, the Royals' outfield was pitiful for any team, let alone a playoff participant.
The Chicago White Sox’s rebuild is nearly complete, but there is still one star left on the team. It seems like just a matter of time until the White Sox trade Luis Robert.
The Philadelphia Phillies have often been connected to a superstar outfielder, who has still yet to be moved. It has been shocking to many that the Chicago White Sox have yet to trade Luis Robert Jr., as they are early in a rebuild.
The Detroit Tigers are hoping to take another step forward in 2025.
Smooth Sailing Ahead What do you feel when you look at that image? Overwhelmed? Confused? Like you have no idea what any of those words mean? Sure you know what a sailing ship is and have a vague idea how it works, but you probably don’t know the intricacies or how all the sails and lines work in concert with one another.
The Chicago White Sox are coming off the worst season in AL/NL history. After their 121-loss campaign in 2024, they traded ace pitcher Garrett Crochet to the Boston Red Sox.
The Chicago White Sox were criticized this offseason for being too cheap to add veteran firepower to the roster so they could flip them before the trade deadline.
The Chicago White Sox will be one of the worst teams in Major League Baseball for this season and will likely have another 100-loss season. The White Sox have a few players on their roster who had down years offensively last year and will look to have bounce-back seasons to help lead the White Sox to being more successful.
The MLB trade deadline always brings surprises. However, some moves start gaining traction long before July arrives. Certain players become prime trade candidates as contenders look to add firepower and struggling teams shift toward the future.
This trade fits both sides, and if the Phillies are in the market for anything, it's a strong center-field bat.
Even general manager Chris Getz understands the Chicago White Sox aren’t going to be serious contenders in 2025. The team’s modest goal is to win more games than they did in 2024 (41) while developing young talent so they can assess how to build a new winner in Chicago.
After getting embarrassed in the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers in October, the New York Yankees have experienced a series of misfortunes.
The Chicago White Sox are expected to be sellers by the trade deadline on July 30. There is only so much turnaround the White Sox can muster this season after going 41-121 in 2024, the worst record in the modern era.
Not everyone is on board with trading him, but there is only one player left that can return legitimate prospect capital to the rebuilding Chicago White Sox organization if they decide to make the move.
With 222 losses over the last two seasons, the Chicago White Sox have not given fans much reason to cheer since their previous playoff appearance in 2021. While the expectations will be low in 2025, here are three White Sox players to keep an eye on during spring training.
When discussing the Chicago White Sox‘s last three seasons, it’s hard to find too many bright spots. After winning the AL Central in 2021, the team was surrounded with hype and declarations of a contention era, but the White Sox ended up finishing the 2022 season with a mediocre 81-81 record, failing to even advance to the postseason.
The second White Sox rebuild of the past decade has stripped the roster of nearly all its notable veterans, but center fielder Luis Robert Jr. stands as a holdover from the team’s brief two-year run as a playoff club and a still-prominent trade candidate.
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