I like that Robles has begun to hit.
He has made some profoundly stupid base-running decisions, which shows in his lowered Fangraphs BsR in 2020 and now his minus BsR. Further, he often takes a step in, toward the plate, when a batter hits a drive. We see him recover, but perhaps he is too aggressive in CF, as well. He looked out of place on the Pirates double that eventually tied the game last night. It seemed to fall into a sport he normally covers. The Post article says:
Pirates catcher Jacob Stallings smacked a 103-mph liner to the right-center field gap. Robles broke in the wrong direction, then took an odd route to what ultimately bounced for a double. Lester was hooked a batter later, and Wander Suero yielded a one-out single to Newman. A sacrifice fly for Erik González then knotted the score again.
Again, it looks like he depends on his speed to make up for mistakes. Robles stole 28 bases in 2019, but only four last "season" and only seven so far. Maybe he is not as fast as he was, but hasn't compensated with smarts.
