Victors dWAR from Baseball Reference since 2019:
2019. 2.7
2020 -0.2 (short season)
2021. 0.2
2022. 1.6
2023. -0.9. (Injury shortened season)
So he has generally regressed. He certainly can chase balls down and has a decent arms but on a team like the Nats it does not really offset his weak hitting. In contrast I looked at the Phillies Johan Rojas. His dWAR last year was 1.7. In just 59 games. Now that’s a valuable defensive player who you might want to keep in the lineup despite weak hitting.
At this point in time getting worked about him being on the team or not playing is useless. He’s not part of the team going forward. A placeholder at best. If Victor can draw walks like he has and steal bases that will help keep him in MLB.
Baseball Reference WAR still uses DRS for its dWAR, which is the most outdated of the three "advanced" fielding metrics (UZR, DRS, OAA). By OAA which is what Fangraphs and Baseball Savant use, Robles was as good a defender in 2022 as Johan Rojas was last season.
Last year Robles was negative defensively, but he was also dealing with the back injury.
