White Sox center fielder Luis Robert doesn’t have any pretenses about what this record-setting contract extension means for him.



“I’m extremely happy and I’m 100 percent convinced I’m going to be on the Opening Day roster,” Robert said through team interpreter Billy Russo in a conference call Thursday. “It definitely helped me to be more calm, or relaxed, because I know what I need to do and I already know where I’m going to start the season. But at the same time, it gives me an extra motivation because, I mean, that was my dream and I know this year I’m going to be able to make my dream come true.”



Robert is guaranteed $76 million ($50 million added Thursday to a $26 million bonus he secured in May 2017) before he’s ever played a game in the big leagues.



Evidentially, that proved more appealing than hoping six years of elite play and ideal health would drive an eventual $300 million payday...