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Memories of Eduardo Escobar

Fman99 Jun 23 2023 05:54 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 23 2023 06:00 PM

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

metirish Jun 23 2023 05:54 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar ?

I liked him

Fman99 Jun 23 2023 05:57 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar ?

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Frayed Knot Jun 23 2023 05:58 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar ?

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

No, I think this is more a redundancy reduction.

E.E. switch hit but was only good as a RH and Vientos and Mauricio are lurking.

And we need pitching although I have no idea if either guy is any good.

MFS62 Jun 23 2023 06:04 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

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 Jun 23 2023 06:23 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

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 Jun 23 2023 06:24 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

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

vtmet7 Jun 23 2023 06:26 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

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 Jun 23 2023 06:28 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

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

A Boy Named Seo Jun 23 2023 06:28 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

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 Jun 23 2023 06:29 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

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

Edgy MD Jun 23 2023 06:33 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

Coleman has a nice drop. [YOUTUBE]DfYU-EFH21w[/YOUTUBE]

MFS62 Jun 23 2023 06:42 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

Escobar was always good in the clubhouse and many times on the field. I'll wish him well. Later

Edgy MD Jun 23 2023 06:51 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

One of 11 Mets to hit for the cycle. [YOUTUBE]RoBTcokSf_8[/YOUTUBE] [YOUTUBE]6-mwSTD996M[/YOUTUBE]

vtmet7 Jun 23 2023 07:14 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

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 Jun 23 2023 07:15 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

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 Jun 23 2023 07:16 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

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 Jun 23 2023 07:18 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

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

batmagadanleadoff Jun 23 2023 08:17 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

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 Jun 23 2023 08:25 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

=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.

Well Schmidt didn't exactly play like Schmidt at first either...I would like to think that Baty has already reached the Wayne Garrett stage so, hopefully the Schmidt or at least HoJo/Knight stage is achievable soon enough

vtmet7 Jun 23 2023 08:40 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

=vtmet7 post_id=129635 time=1687569347 user_id=80] I am curious to see who takes his roster spot. I would not be surprised to see it be Danny Mendick.

I also would not be surprised to see Luke Ritter...not much for batting average but good power numbers and like Canha and McNeil can play multiple positions

vtmet7 Jun 23 2023 08:47 PM Re: Memories of 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 Jun 23 2023 08:49 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

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 Jun 24 2023 03:46 AM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

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

smg58 Jun 24 2023 04:30 AM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 24 2023 07:32 AM

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.

G-Fafif Jun 24 2023 04:52 AM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

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 Jun 24 2023 05:22 AM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

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 Jun 24 2023 06:45 AM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

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 Jun 24 2023 07:29 AM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

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 Jun 24 2023 09:54 AM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

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.

Frayed Knot Jun 24 2023 12:26 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

Yeah, good guy but no longer had much of a role here. - he's the backup for Lindor & Squirrel who who don't want or take days off - he doesn't hit enough to be the RH DH ahead of Canha or Pham, or even from the left side ahead of Vogelbach - and his main position is one where the team is trying to break in one, two, or maybe three rookies

The Hot Corner Jun 24 2023 08:02 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

I always liked Escobar. He seemed like a good guy and a good teammate. He just never was able to produce offensively on a consistent basis.

G-Fafif Jun 24 2023 09:17 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

Eduardo's first night as an Angel has been heavenly: 4 runs scored in the first 4 innings at Colorado, with LAA off to a 23-0 lead. You read that right.

Edgy MD Jun 24 2023 10:49 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

wowsers.

Edgy MD Jun 24 2023 11:14 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

A tremendous ailurophobe. [YOUTUBE]c5sY6qMl95U[/YOUTUBE]

Cowtipper Jun 25 2023 01:30 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

August 30-October 4 2022: 32 G, 116 AB, 8 HR, 25 RBI, .328/.388/.595 That's my fondest memory of him. (He was also hitting .333/.385/.567 in the 60 ABs immediately preceding the trade).

Benjamin Grimm Jun 26 2023 12:49 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

http://ultimatemets.com/cards/EduardoEscobar1978.jpg> http://ultimatemets.com/cards/EduardoEscobar1979.jpg> Schaefer Mets Player of the Month for September 2022, and Bench Player of the Month in May 2023.

Edgy MD Jun 26 2023 01:14 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

TOP TEN EDGYS IN METS HISTORY 1. Edgygardo Alfonzo 2. Edgy Kranepool 3. Edgywin Diaz 4. Edgy Lynch 5. Edgydie Murray 6. Edgyuardo Escobar 7. Edgydie Bressoud 8. Edgy Hearn 9. Edgy Bauta 10. Edgydie Kunz Honorable Mention: Josh Edgygin

Frayed Knot Jun 26 2023 05:37 PM Re: Memories of Eduardo Escobar

But where does he rank on the all time roster of alliteratively named Mets?