2015 NL Champion Mets Relief Pitcher: Hansel Robles (2015-2016)

In 2012 Robles was 6-1 with a league leading 1.11 ERA on a strong Brooklyn Cyclones (45-11) staff and began getting noticed. The Cyclones finished second that year and lost in the semifinals to the Hudson Valley Renegades.

On April 24th
Robles made his debut coming in relief of Sean Gilmartin in an early edition of
the annual subway series. With two on & nobody out he gave up a single,
then with the bases loaded & no one out he got Mark Teixiera to pop out
& he struck out Brian McCann & Carlos Beltran.

In June he
quickly started adding up holds, earning five of them.
On June 15th he gave up an 11th inning run in an extra inning game at Citi Field against the Toronto Blue Jays. The Mets came back with RBI singles from Lucas Duda & a walk off hit from Wilmer Flores giving him his first win.
On June 15th he gave up an 11th inning run in an extra inning game at Citi Field against the Toronto Blue Jays. The Mets came back with RBI singles from Lucas Duda & a walk off hit from Wilmer Flores giving him his first win.
In July he
earned his second win, it came in Los Angles against the Mets NLDS opponents,
the Dodgers. In August he was seeing action mostly in the 7th
inning, although he earned a win on August 1st in D.C. against the
Nationals he blew two saves later in the month.

The Mets swept the series & had been beating up on the Phils all year; the quick pitch did not help matters.
In late September
Robles would get suspended for three games for intentionally throwing at the
head of Phillies catcher Cameron Rupp. The pitch came after warnings had been
issued in a wild game at Citi Field.


That month
Robles notched five more holds & was credited with a win in Miami. He finished
the year at 4-3 with 12 holds 61 strike outs in 54 innings posting a 3.67 ERA.
He allowed 18 walks but an alarming 8 HRs in that time.

Post Season: On October 10th, Robles appeared in Game #2 of the NLDS loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. He struck out two batters in one inning pitched.

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