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Dodgers To Sign Hansel Robles

By Steve Adams | July 15, 2022 at 12:04pm CDT

The Dodgers have agreed to a deal with right-hander Hansel Robles, reports Mike Rodriguez of Univision (Twitter link). It’s a minor league contract, tweets Juan Toribio of MLB.com. Robles was released by the Red Sox earlier this week.

Robles, 32 next month, has long been a tantalizing late-inning arm who’s been prone to inconsistent performance despite possessing impressive raw stuff. The right-hander averaged 96.2 mph on his heater with the Red Sox this season, which ranks in the top 15 percent of MLB hurlers, and has fanned more than a quarter of his opponents in 427 1/3 innings scattered across parts of eight big league seasons. However, Robles logged a career-low 18.9% strikeout rate this year against a career-high 12.6% walk rate, and the resulting 5.84 ERA through 24 2/3 innings prompted the Sox to eventually move on.

Walks have always been an issue for Robles (career 10.2%), but at his best he’s shown the ability to miss bats in bunches, thanks to that power fastball and a pair of secondary offerings in his changeup and slider. The changeup has long rated  as the better of the two pitches, per FanGraphs’ run values, and that’s all the more true in recent seasons. Opponents slugged .594 against Robles’ slider this season, ripping a pair of doubles and three home runs off the pitch.

The Dodgers’ bullpen isn’t at full strength right now, so it’s only natural that they’d be intrigued by a veteran power arm who has, at times, looked like a very capable late-inning reliever. Blake Treinen has been shelved for the past three months due to shoulder troubles, while Daniel Hudson — who’d been one of the team’s best setup options — suffered an unfortunate ACL tear when fielding a grounder last month. Flamethrowing sinker specialist Brusdar Graterol hit the injured list just yesterday due to a shoulder issue, and the team has yet to announce the results of today’s followup imaging. Right-hander Tommy Kahnle has been out since May due to a bone bruise in his right elbow.

Robles is far from the first veteran pickup whom the Dodgers have opted to stockpile in the minors. They’ve also added righties Pedro Baez and Dellin Betances, although Betances has struggled in Triple-A, while Baez is only just building back up with the Dodgers’ Rookie-level club after a shutdown period. He’s thrown three scoreless innings but is presumably not an option in the very near term.

Robles seems likely to join Betances in Oklahoma City, and if he can get on track in a hurry, there could be a bullpen opportunity before long — particularly if Graterol is to miss an extended period of time. The Dodgers will, of course, be active in the weeks leading up to the trade deadline, so it’s certainly possible — if not likely — that they’ll add some more established help to an injury-depleted relief corps in the next 18 days.

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Comments

  1. fred-3

    1 year ago

    I guess anything is possible if you can turn Tyler Anderson into a #2 starter

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  2. BlueSkies_LA

    1 year ago

    Minor league contract, we can only hope.

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    • semut

      1 year ago

      Yeah it is, they confirmed now

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      • BlueSkies_LA

        1 year ago

        Right, good. He can hang out in the minors with all of those other has-beens who we can only hope are never promoted.

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        • deweybelongsinthehall

          1 year ago

          If they need Robles, there goes their deep pitching. That said, I’m surprised he couldn’t find a contender with an easier path back to the majors.

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  3. Pedro Cerrano's Voodoo

    1 year ago

    Good luck.

    Reply
  4. Bluemarlin528

    1 year ago

    If there is an organization that can get him straight its the Dodgers.

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    • Mystery Team

      1 year ago

      Okay sure.

      Reply
  5. seamaholic 2

    1 year ago

    Major pitch changes and a 2.2 ERA incoming …

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    • halloffamernobodycares

      1 year ago

      Probably dump one of the two secondary pitches and see what happens. Also, I forgot about Betances. He’s getting hit in AAA it says. Anyone know about velocity? Is there anything left?

      Reply
  6. tstats

    1 year ago

    First Kelly, then Kimbrel, now Hansel? Just acquiring all the Red Sox relievers now?

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    • Garbino1223

      1 year ago

      If the ‘Price’ is right.

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      • tstats

        1 year ago

        How did I forget David!!??

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    • yankista

      1 year ago

      Dodgers alway has been RedSucks’ Dumpster

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      • BlueSkies_LA

        1 year ago

        You mean like, Adrian Gonzales, Manny Ramirez, and Mookie Betts?

        Keep it coming.

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  7. paddyo875

    1 year ago

    Simply a depth/flyer move as it’s been a few seasons since he’s been great for a season.

    Maybe more importantly, the LAD may have “double Hansel” at some point on the big league roster.

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    • fox471 Dave

      1 year ago

      One is Hanser.

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  8. LouWhitakerHOF

    1 year ago

    Moving from a hitters park in Fenway to pitchers park in Dodgers stadium should really improve his numbers.

    1
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    • Michael Macaulay-Birks

      1 year ago

      Yeah he’s much less likely to walk batters at dodger Stadium, geez

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  9. Edp007

    1 year ago

    Hansel and Graterol in the pen ?

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    • BlueSkies_LA

      1 year ago

      Oh, that’s Grimm.

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      • fox471 Dave

        1 year ago

        Ha!

        Reply
    • MannyBeingMVP

      1 year ago

      But the birds (Cardinals, Orioles) will eat all of the crumby pitches!

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      Reply
  10. Amanda

    1 year ago

    hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhha
    sry, sox fan here!

    1
    Reply
  11. Shrutefarm

    1 year ago

    Friedman is on record as saying that trading for relievers is his least favorite thing. He’s hoping to strike lightning again without spending any equity.

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    • OhioDodger

      1 year ago

      I bet AF has junk bonds in his financial portfolio..

      Reply
    • Observations1978

      1 year ago

      Really smart move. Low risk and high rewards. And didn’t have to trade prospects. Lots of guys coming back off of rehab. Graterol loss concerning. Maybe Robles can win a job and has post season experience too.

      Reply
  12. Tacoshells

    1 year ago

    Is he a top 100 prospect ?

    Reply
  13. Clepto is an incel

    1 year ago

    They need someone to fill out the AAA roster. Unless the Dodgers have a covid outbreak with their relievers I don’t see him getting called up.

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  14. FatChance65

    1 year ago

    “….a tantalizing late-inning arm?” Bwahahaha!

    Reply
  15. Steinbrenner2728

    1 year ago

    Has anyone seen Rocker49 and his tired old “Los Karens” schtick? Or is it just a bit too early in the afternoon before he wakes up from bed?

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    • paddyo875

      1 year ago

      @Steinbrenner….Even trolls need breaks.

      Reply
  16. angt222

    1 year ago

    First Jake Reed and now Robles. LA must be hurting for RP.

    Reply
    • Shrutefarm

      1 year ago

      Possibly, I mean they have a lot of injuries right now. However, I think the plan is, right now, to have Treinen, Kimbrel, Phillips, Graterol, and May leading the charge from the pen come playoff time.

      I think this move is more of trying to find some depth to get them through the season.

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    • EasternLeagueVeteran

      1 year ago

      Angt222: it is looking more like Oklahoma City’s staff is an Ex-Mets farm team: Jake Reed, Hansel Robles, Daniel Zamora, Dellin Betances, Bobby Wahl. And don’t forget Ty Kelly, former Met who pitched an inning already at Oklahoma City this year, lol. I think it is not exactly setting the Dodgers up for future success.

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  17. Rsox

    1 year ago

    Watch Robles turn into the Pitcher that Cora thought he was

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    • vinc3nt3

      1 year ago

      If he does, it will be a very poor reflection of the Sox pitching coaches.

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      • Rsox

        1 year ago

        Maybe. I’m not quite sold on Dave Bush as a pitching coach anyway. It’s odd for an entire bullpen to be collectively horrendous for multiple years now with a couple of standouts here and there (Houck and Schreiber this season)

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  18. aragon

    1 year ago

    give him some really sticky stuff. he has no movement on his 4-seamer.

    Reply
  19. Dutch Vander Linde

    1 year ago

    He went to an overrated team.

    Reply
    • Shrutefarm

      1 year ago

      Where are they rated now? Where should they be rated in your opinion

      Reply
    • fox471 Dave

      1 year ago

      Dumb take Dutch.

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  20. Terry B

    1 year ago

    Dodgers will be fine when Dustin May and Treinen get back!

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  21. Angels & NL West

    1 year ago

    Dodgers like to take a flyer on guys this time of year. I’m guessing there will be more to come over the next 2.5 months.

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  22. Pedro 4 Delino

    1 year ago

    LA did turn Evan Phillips into a nice relief option. Wouldn’t surprise me if they strike lightning again.

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  23. Cosmo2

    1 year ago

    I guess his 2019 was a crazy outlier. Oh well.

    Reply
  24. Don’s Ghost

    1 year ago

    Dear God I hope we don’t ever see him in the bigs.

    Reply
  25. miltpappas

    1 year ago

    Keep it classy, gents. Alex Cora is sobbing as we speak.

    Reply
  26. metsie1

    1 year ago

    Home run Hansel.

    Relief Pitcher is a great job. No matter how much you suck someone always thinks they can turn you around.

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  27. whyhayzee

    1 year ago

    Robles, Barnes and Brasier have been quite the blow hole in the Red Sox won-loss record. Without them thar scalawags, they’d be having a whale of a season. But mostly its just been “Thar he blows” when it comes to save opportunities. And that folks is where the analogy runs out. Sigh.

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  28. Doom & Bloom

    1 year ago

    Did they fire Cora yet? It’s gonna happen if Sox don’t change ship fast.

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  29. alanofla

    1 year ago

    I really expected this to happen. I’m just surprised that they haven’t signed Adam Kolarek yet. He did prove useful at times before they traded him to the A’s for Neuse.

    This is what Friedman does. He is apt to give almost any relief pitcher who has been DFA’ed a chance. Especially if the pitcher has at least some kind of MLB track record. Sometimes, the coaching staff fixes the guy, sometimes not. Since Kolarek is a known quantity to them, either they just haven’t felt the need for a left-hander or Kolarek previously didn’t go along with the program as well as others have

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    • mlbdodgerfan2015

      1 year ago

      Kolarek’s value was severely devalued after the mandatory three batter minimum. Often he came in for only one or two lefty vs lefty appearances.

      Reply
  30. bassmaster

    1 year ago

    Hansel so hot right now Hansel
    apparently tantalizing too

    Reply
  31. vinc3nt3

    1 year ago

    As Mugato said….that Hansel is so hot right now! Lol

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  32. deleted account

    1 year ago

    Good luck with that lmao

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  33. kingbum

    1 year ago

    Never liked his WHIP, if he didn’t walk ya he’s giving up a hit. Ends too many innings with men on base, there aren’t easy innings with Robles. For his production give me a young pitcher looking for his shot.

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    • whyhayzee

      1 year ago

      If innings were only two outs, he’d be great.

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  34. AL34

    1 year ago

    Enjoy Dodgers because he is awful

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