No matter how often they resurface without finding fruition, some baseball rumors are destined to live on regardless of how much sense they didn't, and don't, make. Such is the case with the continuing rumblings that White Sox slugger Luis Robert Jr. ought to be headed for the Kansas City Royals — prominent for at least two baseball winters and a pair of trade deadline periods, they've never proven true.
And they're bubbling back up again, which seems to fly in the face of two difficult-to-ignore facts: the Sox have picked up Robert's expensive $20 million club option for 2026, and Chicago general manager (and former Royals infielder Chris Getz) insists Robert remains a big part of his club's plans for next season.