the hits keep comin’

Mason Robbins is another one of those players who doesn’t show up on the prospect charts but keeps putting up numbers that can’t be ignored. Ex-Southern Miss star Robbins, a lefty-hitting outfielder, went 5-for-5 – his first career five-hit game — for Class A Winston-Salem in the Chicago White Sox’s system on Monday. Now at .318 for the year, the 23-year-old Robbins leads the high-A Carolina League in hitting. He is raking at .477 with 21 hits over his last 10 games. Robbins, 6 feet, 200 pounds, has four homers, four triples, 22 doubles, 42 RBIs and 43 runs in 86 games. He doesn’t walk (eight times all year) but doesn’t fan much either (57 in 355 at-bats). He has only 14 homers in 264 minor league games, but Robbins told milb.com he isn’t concerned about his homer totals: “I know I’m a gap-to-gap hitter who can hit a lot of doubles and triples.” He has 52 and 16 for his career. The former Mr. Baseball at George County High was also a highly decorated player at USM and was picked in the 25th round by the ChiSox in 2014. The White Sox’s Double-A Birmingham club is playing the Mississippi Braves at Trustmark Park this week. It’d sure be a nice time to move Robbins up.