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The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Ep. 72: Aaron Rowand says Luis Robert could be a superstar

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

Sports, Sports:baseball, Baseball

4.7620 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

After spending last week in the Dominican Republic working with White Sox prospect Luis Robert, Aaron Rowand comes on the podcast to give us the inside scoop about the Cuban outfielder who the White Sox signed last season for $26 million and could very well be their centerfielder of the future. Video of Robert on the internet has been scarce, so Rowand fills in a lot of the gaps talking about his bat, defense, speed and personality. Rowand, now the White Sox minor league outfield and baserunning instructor, also raves about Eloy Jimenez and Micker Adolfo. Plus, he gives us an off-the-radar White Sox prospect who fans should pay more attention to in the future.

Transcript

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He has the ability to be not just an all-star player in the league.

0:06.6

I mean, if things progress the way his talent says they can, he could be a superstar.

0:14.0

That's Aaron Rowan talking and raving about Luis Robert, who Rowan worked with this past week at the White Sox Academy in the Dominican Republic.

0:25.5

Hey everyone, it's Chuck Arfine. This is the White Sox Talk podcast brought to you by WinTrust Community Bank,

0:30.1

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0:36.1

So ever since the White Sox signed Louise Robert out of Cuba last

0:41.3

summer, there's been this mystery about him because other than a few grainy videos on the internet

0:48.0

where he looks like a superhuman freak of nature, we've barely seen him play. He might be in the White Sox hitters camp in Glendale

0:56.4

in January. He's definitely expected to be at spring training in February, but I don't know about you,

1:02.3

but I can't wait till then. I want to talk to someone who's laid eyes on this man and watched him play

1:06.5

some baseball, and it turns out that somebody is Aaron Rowan, former White Sox World Series champ.

1:13.6

He's the team's minor league outfield and base running instructor.

1:17.2

And he was in the Dominican Republic last week, spent six days working with Robert and a few

1:22.9

White Sox prospects.

1:23.9

So I got him on the phone to talk about the Cuban sensation as well as

1:29.2

Aloi Jimenez Micah Adolfo and more. Sox fans are going to love this great

1:35.6

stuff from Aaron Rowan we got the inside scoop up next on the White Sox Talk

1:42.2

podcast brought to you by Win Trust. Here we go.

1:50.0

All right, Aaron Rowan on the phone, who is back from the Dominican Republic and you're sick?

1:57.7

Yeah, a little under the weather. Did you get sick when you were down there?

2:01.8

Yeah.

2:02.7

So what do you got there?

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