Victor Robles sat out of the first two games in PNC Park this weekend, working behind the scenes to get his swing right as the 24-year-old outfielder tries to bounce back from tough seasons in 2020-21.
“We’ve been working with Victor,” manager Davey Martinez explained on Friday. “And he’s been coming in early to hit, and I wanted to give him these two days to work with [Hitting Coach] Darnell [Coles]. He’s been swinging a lot, and we talked to him today, and he swung the bat really well today in early BP, so I told him, I said, ‘Be ready to play today if we need you .