While Jason Heyward and Stephen Strasburg may be receiving more notoriety entering this season, the Brewers have their own super prospect in Alcides Escobar.
Heyward and Strasburg will get all the national press and be touted as the next big things, but Escobar is the one that could very easily win the NL Rookie of the Year and amaze fans around the league this year.
Escobar has been compared defensively to fellow Venezuelan great, Omar Vizquel. He has the speed and range to get to any ball hit in the hole, and his arm is as strong as any shortstop in baseball.
The Brewers were so confident in Escobar's abilities that they traded JJ Hardy to the Twins over the winter. Truth be told, Escobar's defense has been ready for the majors for a couple years. He just needed to improve at the plate i ...
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2010 MLB Predictions: What I Expect From Alcides Escobar
Posted: 17th March 2010 by Jesse Motiff in MLBComments Off on 2010 MLB Predictions: What I Expect From Alcides Escobar