The article discusses Victor Robles's impact on the Seattle Mariners after being signed in June. Despite the team's challenges with strikeouts and injuries, Robles stepped up and became a key contributor, earning a starting role and a new contract.
The Mariners lineup was on pace to lead the league in strikeouts a little more than halfway through the season. They avoided being in the wrong chapter of the history books, but they still ended up leading the league in that statistic with 1,625.continued struggles throughout the season led to the team tinkering with the lineup for most of the year. Injuries didn't help.
Second baseman Jorge Polanco, shortstop JP Crawford and center fielder Julio Rodriguez all had extended stints on the injured list. But one player stepped forward and helped alleviate some of the offense's struggles and the impact of the injuries: outfielder Victor Robles. Robles, who won the 2019 World Series with the Washington Nationals and at one point was a top five prospect in all of baseball, was at a crossroads in his career after getting released by the same team he won a championship with on June 1. The Mariners signed Robles three days later on June 4. At first, there wasn't much hoopla over Robles joining the team. The assumption was that he would be a pinch-hitter/runner with occasional starts against left-handed pitching and that's how he was used his first several weeks in the Pacific Northwest. But the more opportunities Robles received, the more he impressed. And when Crawford and Rodriguez went down, Robles was tasked with taking over the former's spot as the leadoff hitter in the lineup and the latter's spot in center field on defense. And he delivered. Robles started consistently around July 9 against the San Diego Padres. From that point forward, he had a .325 batting average with three home runs, 24 RBIs and 28 steals. He finished the year with a .328 batting average, four homers, 26 RBIs and 30 steals in 77 games played with Seattle.Robles was rewarded for his play with a two-year, $9.75 million deal with a $9 million club option for 2027. After Rodriguez returned from injury, Robles maintained a starting role as the team's right fielder
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