3 years agoAn early-May injury cost Luis Robert more than half of the season, which means we have only seen 523 plate appearances for Robert since his debut in 2020. This does make him harder to project moving forward. What we have seen in that time is a guy with monstrous fantasy upside. His career triple-slash line sits at .294/.345/.512, and he's added on 24 homers and 15 steals in that time (a 30-homer, 19-steal pace). The concern prior to 2021 were the strikeouts, as he posted a very high 32.2% K% in his 227 plate appearances in 2020. He drastically lowered that to 20.6% in 2021, although his walk rate got worse (4.7% in 2021 after an 8.8% mark in 2020) along with it. It is very hard to know which guy we will get in 2022 in terms of strikeouts and walks, and that makes the batting average and on-base percentage very much questionable. It is much tougher to doubt the counting stat production. He has massive power (his 117.7 max exit velocity was 14th best in the league last year), and his sprint speed is top fifty in the game as well. He will once again sit in the middle or top of a very strong White Sox lineup in 2022, which only serves to bolster his expectations further. You will not find this much fantasy upside in many other places, making Robert a great guy to pay the expensive (ADP of 19) price tag for in 2022.--Jon Anderson