Luis Robert Jr.

Luis Robert Jr. is one of those players who makes you stop whatever you're doing just to watch him track down a fly ball. Born in Havana and defecting from Cuba in 2016, he took a path to the big leagues that most American prospects can't even imagine, and when he finally arrived with the Chicago White Sox in 2020 he immediately looked like someone who belonged — winning a Gold Glove in his rookie year is not a quiet entrance. The tools are genuinely ridiculous: elite speed, a cannon arm, and the kind of raw power that makes pitchers nervous even on an off night. The 2023 All-Star nod felt like the league formally acknowledging what anyone paying attention already knew. Now with the Mets, he's got a real supporting cast around him for the first time, and I think we haven't seen his ceiling yet — he's still only in his mid-twenties, and the best version of this guy could be something special.

Name (English)

Luis Robert Jr.

Name (Japanese)

ルイス・ロベルト・ジュニア

Reading

るいす・ろべると・じゅにあ

Born

August 3, 1997 (age 28)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Ox

Origin

Havana, Havana Province, Cuba

Occupation

baseball player

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/luisrobertm56/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2

Tags

• Havana Province
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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