“I love it here,” Robles told MassLive.com through mental skills coordinator Rey Fuentes who translated. “I’ve told them. I’ve made them aware that I really enjoy it. I want to stay here. I’d be the happiest player in the world if they told me, ‘Hey, stay here. We’ll give you a couple-year contract.’”
Not everyone wants out of Boston.
“Using him early in the game, late in games, throwing strikes, not walking people,” Cora said. “His stuff has played. He’s made some adjustments throughout the process mechanic-wise. Stuff-wise, he’s always been great with the Mets and LA. I think the way he’s throwing the ball now is kind of like the way he threw the ball in ‘19 with the Angels. So he’s been amazing.”
Robles served as Angels closer during 2019. He recorded 23 saved and posted a 2.48 ERA in 72 ⅔ innings. I did not know this.