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Victor Robles finished the 2022 season, his sixth in the majors since the now-25-year-old debuted as a 20-year-old in 2017, at .224/.273/.312, with six home runs, 10 doubles, two triples, 17 walks, and 104 Ks in 407 plate appearances, over which he was worth +0.3 fWAR, with a .983 fld%, 4.8 UZR (Ultimate Zone Rating), which was up from -0.1 in 2021, and 12 DRS (Defensive Runs Saved), which was up from 0 DRS in ‘21 and -4 in 2020.

Robles was a NL Gold Glove finalist in center field, though he didn’t win, and his at-times spectacular defense, GM Mike Rizzo told reporters at the end of the campaign this past October, makes up for a lot, but the mistakes in the field (over-throwing it at times, missing the cutoff man, bad routes and jumps on occasion, etc.