Milwaukee Brewers Alcides Escobar
escobar milwaukee brewers in 2009.
in 2007, split time between single-a , double-a, playing 63 games brevard county manatees of class a-advanced florida state league , 62 games huntsville stars of class aa southern league. batted combined .306 1 home run , 53 runs batted in.
in 2008, escobar played huntsville. on september 1, 2008, when rosters expanded, escobar called majors first time , made debut 2 days later defensive replacement @ shortstop. picked first hit in first career at-bat in same game, single against scott schoeneweis of new york mets.
before 2009 season, baseball america rated escobar 19th best prospect in baseball. in 2009, escobar appeared in all-star futures game starting shortstop world team. during game, went 2-for-4 , scored go-ahead run. on august 12, escobar called brewers triple-a nashville sounds replace j. j. hardy, had been optioned down. made first major-league appearance of season night, pinch running prince fielder in bottom of 9th against san diego padres. escobar stole second base, advancing third on throwing error.
after end of 2009 season, brewers traded hardy minnesota twins, making escobar starting shortstop brewers in 2010. before 2010 season, baseball america rated escobar 12th best prospect in baseball.
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