Escobar with 2 HR day. I still dont get how Caba got $3 million to sign. Dont seem anything special.
Ive been watching more clips - he can really hit the breaking ball and his at bats are so much fun to watch. Just works the count and is a great watch.
Also BA wrote about him today:
Aroon Escobar, 2B, Phillies
The Phillies infielder just missed inclusion as a Top 100 Prospect, but he is likely to be added shortly with upcoming graduations. The infielder took Florida by storm this spring and has yet to release his grip on the Florida State League.
Over 25 games, Escobar has hit .309/.427/.526 with five home runs and a 14.5% walk rate to a 19.7% strikeout rate. There’s not much to poke holes in regarding Escobar’s season to date, and, if anything, the under-the-hood data makes an even more compelling case for Escobar as one of the game’s surging prospects. He has a 10.3% in-zone whiff rate, which is an outstanding double-plus marker, to go with a 24.1% chase rate, which limits his exposure to whiffs outside the strike zone.
Where Escobar’s data truly jumps off the page is in exit velocity data, as he’s posted a 90th percentile exit velocity of 105.6 mph this season in addition to a 90.6 mph average. It’s an outlier blend of skills at the plate and is so far leading to lots of successful outcomes for Escobar
