Catch-22: Eduardo Escobar

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Catch-22: Eduardo Escobar

Post by Edgy MD » Fri Apr 01, 2022 2:37 pm

NAME: Eduardo Escobar
AGE: 33
POSITION: Third Base (and everywhere else)
NUMBER: 10
NICKNAME: El De La Pica
fWAR IN 2021: 3.0
ZIPS PROJECTION FOR 2022: 2.9

Somewhere in a big free agency frenzy, the Mets grabbed me up. I'm probably going to be a thirdbaseman, but I may play second or short or a different position every day. I know that's pretty ambiguous for a guy who is projected to have the fifth-highest fWAR on the team, but versatile everyday utility types can have that kind of value. That's why it was a big deal when the Mets got Bill Pecota and when they got Jed Lowrie and wh ... well, maybe I should shut up now.

Yeah, maybe you want to shop for super-utility guys on a lower shelf and catch a Desi Relaford or a Jonathan Villar in a good year, but the Mets went big on me, and I'm going to sit here and say they know what they are doing. I've got five kids to feed and I'm a Venezuelan infielder (though I've somehow never worn 13) that still has some VALUE.

But value is an abstract thing. You've got to tell me what my 2022 season will look like in the REAL WORLD.


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Re: Catch-22: Eduardo Escobar

Post by Lefty Specialist » Sun Apr 03, 2022 7:19 pm

Looks to be on-point this spring. .275 25/80.
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Re: Catch-22: Eduardo Escobar

Post by smg58 » Mon Apr 04, 2022 7:56 am

.265/.340/.440 with 22 homers. Not earth-shattering, but decent. And 90% of his starts come at third base.
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Re: Catch-22: Eduardo Escobar

Post by Johnny Lunchbucket » Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:37 am

He's pretty much Asdrubal Cabrera if you switch their slugging and OBP figures.

That's a pretty good palooka to have on your side.

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Re: Catch-22: Eduardo Escobar

Post by kcmets » Wed Apr 06, 2022 7:12 am

148 G of top-quality beisbol - solid addition.
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Re: Catch-22: Eduardo Escobar

Post by A Boy Named Seo » Wed Apr 06, 2022 12:10 pm

Boringly, metronomically good. .265/.330/.450 25 homers, 30 doubles. Becomes everyone's favorite player and none of us even realize it.
great googly moogly!
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Re: Catch-22: Eduardo Escobar

Post by A Boy Named Seo » Wed Apr 06, 2022 3:55 pm

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Wed Apr 06, 2022 12:10 pm Boringly, metronomically good. .265/.330/.450 25 homers, 30 doubles. Becomes everyone's favorite player and none of us even realize it.
It’s happening

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Re: Catch-22: Eduardo Escobar

Post by Willets Point » Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:44 pm

Hope it's not a superspreader event for all those unvaxed players.
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