Memories of Eduardo Escobar

[Fman99]

Breaking news from the supbar Apple TV crew, EE sent to Anaheim for two minor league prospects. Are we in sell mode?

Edited June 23, 2023 by Guest

[metirish]

I liked him

[Fman99]

[Frayed Knot]

=Fman99 post_id=129596 time=1687564451 user_id=86]Are we in sell mode?

[MFS62]

Both are at AA (Southern League).

Crow's numbers look better than Marceau's.

Both give up home runs, but it maybe its the ballpark.



Later

[vtmet7]

Prospects might be a bit of an overstatement...the injured guy is famous for hitting 6 batters in one game without being elected... maybe he got acquired to be a retaliation accidental head hunter

[vtmet7]

The important thing is that they might be finally thinning out the herd of 30+ year olds that are fringe players at best.

[vtmet7]

I wonder if there is any market for the FA catcher that we signed in the off-season. He doesn't appear to even be at Nido's level

[Edgy MD]

Well, the market won't get any stronger if we're talking him down.

[A Boy Named Seo]

MLBTR per Martino sez the Mets paid Escobar's salary down to the minimum to make the trade happen. So I imagine the prospects are just guys with arms. I really enjoyed Escobar. His interactions with the media team on instagram were always solid gold.

[Edgy MD]

Well, if the Mets are sending cash with the player, that should make his price in terms of talent go up.

[Edgy MD]

Coleman has a nice drop.



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[MFS62]

Escobar was always good in the clubhouse and many times on the field.

I'll wish him well.



Later

[Edgy MD]

One of 11 Mets to hit for the cycle.



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[vtmet7]

I actually like Escobar as a utility player more than Luis G... only problem was that Buck continued to give him too many starts when he should have been a bench player.

[vtmet7]

I am curious to see who takes his roster spot. I would not be surprised to see it be Danny Mendick.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Edgy MD wrote: Well, if the Mets are sending cash with the player, that should make his price in terms of talent go up.

You are absolutely right. These dudes still seem kinda middling (apologies, dudes). I guess that's the going rate for an almost free Escobar?

[vtmet7]

Hopefully since Eppler was in the Angles organization, he knows more about these guys than what shows up in their stats.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Well, Escobar's not the third baseman Cohen probably wants if he wants to build a team like the Dodgers. So goodbye, Escobar. Now all Cohen has to do is to find a third baseman that plays like Mike Schmidt.

[vtmet7]

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=129645 time=1687573021 user_id=68]
Well, Escobar's not the third baseman Cohen probably wants if he wants to build a team like the Dodgers. So goodbye, Escobar. Now all Cohen has to do is to find a third baseman that plays like Mike Schmidt.

[vtmet7]

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I am curious to see who takes his roster spot. I would not be surprised to see it be Danny Mendick.

[vtmet7]

https://metsminors.net/mets-acquire-two-starting-pitching-prospects-for-eduardo-escobar/https://metsminors.net/mets-acquire-two-starting-pitching-prospects-for-eduardo-escobar/



A little insight into the pitchers received... doesn't sound overly encouraging when both guys average fastball is around 92 mph...the one guy sounds like a control pitcher with a good change up.

[Chad ochoseis]

It was Escobar who bought the JANKOWSKI 16 jerseys for the team the day after Jankowski noted that nobody was going to buy a jersey with his name on it. Class guy who helped the team.



The prospects are ranked 17 and 20 in the Angels' org. The Angels needed a 3B, so I want to think the Mets could have gotten more in return.

[ashie62]

He was a class act. Deferential when Baty became the starter

[smg58]

Escobar kind of fit into the Todd Frazier/Jeff Bruce mold of power hitters whose power never showed up here. His home/road splits suggest Citi Field wasn't the problem, but he wasn't the hitter the Mets thought they were getting.



I was hoping for AAA pitchers who might be able to help out this year, but Escobar is at best the short side of a platoon in his walk year. They got the 19th and 20th prospects in the Angels' system, which basically means you might get a useful reliever out of it eventually.

Edited June 24, 2023 by Guest

[G-Fafif]

National League Player of the Month last September. Hit the first Mets postseason homer in eight years come October. Off the top of my head, flashed the best, most consistent smile of any Met at any time, though probably more in 2022 than 2023 (like all of us).

[Lefty Specialist]

Good guy who unfortunately only really hit for one month in the season and a half they had him.



Big fan of Fogo de Chao- took the entire team (including staff, over 70 people) there when the Mets were in DC last year.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I got the impression he was well respected in the dugout. Very good fielder.



I liked him as a bench guy, especially if we didn't have the dumb dh.

[bmfc1]

Last September when he was rolling he would hit a HR, high-five his teammates and then look at the camera and send a high-five to the fans. I loved that.

[Edgy MD]

Escobar had played every position but right field in his big league career, and I was hoping to see him take on something like a super-utility role with the team, but the world doesn't really work that way anymore. He went from third-baseman who got emergency-only work at at second and short to a bench player who got scarcely any work at all.



The DH rule takes so much from the game.