I’ll take the suspense out of this article. Robles did not perform nearly the level that the computers thought he could. But you probably already knew that as you are probably pointing your hand up to the sky right now for a fly ball that’s actually a homer.
| Hansel Robles | |||||||||
| IP | Record | ERA | BB | K | WHIP | Saves | |||
| 2016 | 77.2 | 6-4 | 3.48 | 36 | 85 | 1.35 | 1 | ||
| Projections | |||||||||
| ZiPS | 69.2 | 3.49 | 26 | 80 | 1.19 | ||||
| ESPN | 4-4 | 3.79 | 75 | 1.33 | |||||
| Baseball Prospectus | 54 | 3-2 | 4.02 | 57 | 1.32 | 10 | |||
| NBC Rotoworld | 72 | 5-5 | 3.50 | 35 | 76 | 1.25 | 1 | ||
| Rotowire | 75 | 4-4 | 3.72 | 32 | 75 | 1.307 | 0 | ||
| FBG 2017 | 77.2 | 6-4 | 3.48 | 36 | 85 | 1.35 | 1 | ||
| Average | 69.48 | 4.4-3.8 | 3.67 | 32.25 | 74.67 | 1.29 | 3.00 |
2017 Stats:
7-5, 46 G, 4.92 ERA, 29 BB, 60 K, 1.341 WHIP
The computers thought he would take a step back, but he took three of four leaps backwards last season. The Baseball Prospectus projection was closest but even they struggled to grip how much he was going to slide.
I’m very curious to read the Baseball Prospectus write up for Robles granted this slide and where he fits in the 2018 plans.
