Last week, the Nationals made 27-year-old Victor Robles available, designating him for assignment after more than 10 years in the organization and eight years since he made his major league debut in 2017.
This was how many of the phone calls from other baseball general managers probably went for Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo seven, eight years ago:“He’s not available,” Rizzo would respond.
There would be moments where Robles would show the promise that made him such a highly-touted young player — enough for Washington to stay in the Robles business, even willing to pay him $2.65 million this year as part of the Lerners’ barebones budget roster. But those moments were overshadowed by his poor play, particularly the mistakes on the field that, after 500 major league games, were confounding.
There is no easy answer for what went wrong. It’s not like Robles was a problem child. He was well-liked. “It was definitely emotional,” Martinez said. “Those are always the toughest days, when you have to lose a player. Especially a guy like Vic, who I’ve known for many, many years and helped us win a World Series. It was tough. It was really tough. All I could tell him is I wish him the best and to keep going.
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