Author Topic: I, For One, Welcome Our New CF Overlord (The Robles Thread) (Read 77199 times)

imref · « **Reply #75 on:** April 05, 2019, 05:17:54 am »

https://www.reddit.com/r/Nationals/comments/b9kx50/just_trying_to_offer_some_2_hole_advice/

Mathguy · « **Reply #76 on:** April 05, 2019, 05:30:31 am »

With each game, it's becoming much easier to understand why Rizzo was willing to let Bryce leave

Quote from: imref on March 31, 2019, 08:08:12 pm

.455 / .455 / 1.000 through series one

aBaltoNat · « **Reply #77 on:** April 05, 2019, 06:00:07 am »

Quote from: Mathguy on April 05, 2019, 05:30:31 am

With each game, it's becoming much easier to understand why Rizzo was willing to let Bryce leave

I have to admit, I loved our superstar.

But he can't hold a candle to guys like Trout, Arenado, Blackmon, etc.

UMDNats · « **Reply #78 on:** April 05, 2019, 12:33:44 pm »

Quote from: imref on April 05, 2019, 05:17:54 am

https://www.reddit.com/r/Nationals/comments/b9kx50/just_trying_to_offer_some_2_hole_advice/

this is incredible

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #79 on:** April 05, 2019, 12:45:43 pm »

That's pretty good

PowerBoater69 · « **Reply #80 on:** April 05, 2019, 12:58:44 pm »

The Athletic rates Robles as someone who can exceed expectations, based on exit velocity.

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Much was made of Robles’ inability to hit the ball hard last year, but if you looked at his distribution, it didn’t look as badly as it did if you just looked at his averages. Now we have a really hard hit ball from Robles — on a homer off of Noah Syndergaard, no less — and a better idea of his power. Look at his ground ball to fly ball ratios, which were only slightly skewed towards grounders in the high minors, and you start to see that the power potential is real. Projections have him putting up league average power as a .275/12/25 guy who seemed useful late — bump those power numbers and he’s suddenly more like a .280/20/25 guy who might win you your league.

https://theathletic.com/901801/2019/04/05/eno-sarris-a-meaningful-early-season-hitting-stat-you-should-care-about/

imref · « **Reply #81 on:** April 09, 2019, 10:16:14 pm »

Air Desmond · « **Reply #82 on:** April 09, 2019, 10:55:56 pm »

So, so happy the Nats didn’t cave to the Marlins demands last year. Robles is a certified star.

sixthree175 · « **Reply #83 on:** April 09, 2019, 11:13:44 pm »

Quote from: Air Desmond on April 09, 2019, 10:55:56 pm

So, so happy the Nats didn’t cave to the Marlins demands last year. Robles is a certified star.

Certainly not for just two frickin' years of JT.

bluestreak · « **Reply #84 on:** April 09, 2019, 11:22:09 pm »

Didn’t they ask for Robles AND Soto? If Rizzo had made that deal he would need to be horsewhipped.

DCsOwn · « **Reply #85 on:** April 11, 2019, 06:21:43 pm »

Juwan: SSS of course, but the ball seems to be jumping off of Robles’ bat this season. He attributes the low exit velo to the elbow injury he had at the beginning of last year, if the extra base hit power is real and continues going forward, is he a future perennial all star at center, and does that make him one of the best players in baseball in a few seasons?

Keith Law: Yes to your first question and I’m not so sure about the second. I’d define “one of the best players in baseball” as, say, top 5-10 overall. I’d feel better about saying he’ll be a top 20 player in baseball. Not playing semantics games here, just trying to be clear.

http://meadowparty.com/blog/2019/04/11/klawchat-4-11-19/

Trea Burner · « **Reply #86 on:** April 12, 2019, 12:31:54 am »

Kid is good.

imref · « **Reply #87 on:** April 12, 2019, 06:39:34 am »

Bill Ripken goes

over Robles and Soto:

imref · « **Reply #88 on:** April 29, 2019, 01:24:04 pm »

Bunt machine:

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/victor-robles-cant-stop-wont-stop-bunting/

Baseball is Life · « **Reply #89 on:** April 29, 2019, 05:59:51 pm »

Robles is now my favorite Nat. He’s worth the price of admission.

Air Desmond · « **Reply #90 on:** May 14, 2019, 08:53:16 pm »

You guys can moan about his miscues all you want, but Robles is going to be a star.

That’s 3 homers this year off Syndergaard

Slateman · « **Reply #91 on:** May 14, 2019, 08:56:45 pm »

Quote from: Air Desmond on May 14, 2019, 08:53:16 pm

You guys can moan about his miscues all you want, but Robles is going to be a star.

That’s 3 homers this year off Syndegaard

You mean three homers off a guy with a 1.29 HR/9 rate coming into tonight?

Slateman · « **Reply #92 on:** May 24, 2019, 07:47:00 pm »

.243 hitter who cant make routine plays. And to think some of you balked at trading him for the best catcher in baseball

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #93 on:** May 25, 2019, 02:49:45 pm »

Quote from: Slateman on May 24, 2019, 07:47:00 pm

.243 hitter who cant make routine plays. And to think some of you balked at trading him for the best catcher in baseball

not your night.

nats4ever · « **Reply #94 on:** May 26, 2019, 02:46:58 am »

Quote from: Slateman on May 24, 2019, 07:47:00 pm

.243 hitter who cant make routine plays. And to think some of you balked at trading him for the best catcher in baseball

You couldn't do any better. Your just saying that because he's struggling. When he does play well your trap is shut lol.

Slateman · « **Reply #95 on:** May 26, 2019, 07:21:33 am »

Quote from: nats4ever on May 26, 2019, 02:46:58 am

You couldn't do any better. Your just saying that because he's struggling. When he does play well your trap is shut lol.

Lol, so we can only post about players we can do better than? Dumb.

He hasnt "done well" since the first couple weeks of the season. The Nats are accumulating service time in a lost season for a guy that is in their long term plans. He also has a ton of stuff to work on, like base running and basic defensive play. Theres no reason for him to be on the big league team

UMDNats · « **Reply #96 on:** May 26, 2019, 08:19:20 am »

Because he'd improve on those things by playing in the minors rather than at major league speed and reaction time? Ok.

Slateman · « **Reply #97 on:** May 26, 2019, 09:54:00 am »

Quote from: UMDNats on May 26, 2019, 08:19:20 am

Because he'd improve on those things by playing in the minors rather than at major league speed and reaction time? Ok.

Yea. Like everyone else. That's actually why the minor league system exists. He's clearly not improving on them at the major league level

Kevrock · « **Reply #98 on:** May 26, 2019, 10:00:57 am »

Slateman · « **Reply #99 on:** May 26, 2019, 10:02:31 am »

Quote from: Kevrock on May 26, 2019, 10:00:57 am

No original schtick huh? No meaningful conversation regarding one of the most highly touted prospects in baseball?

Physician, heal thyself