Alcides Escobar

BALTIMORE -- After tweaking his swing, Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar has become a model of consistency. Escobar hit just .235 in 2010 and .254 in 2011, his first two full Major League seasons. But so far in 2012, he's hitting .316, a change ...  

Notable former Charleston players include Trevor Hoffman (Florida Marlins, San Diego Padres, and Milwaukee Brewers), Ryan Braun (Milwaukee Brewers and National League Rookie of the Year), Alex Rios (Chicago White Sox), and Alcides Escobar ...  

Rafael Soriano worked the ninth for his third save, retiring Alcides Escobar with a runner on third to end Kansas City’s five-game winning streak away from home. Rodriguez fielded Escobar’s grounder behind third base and made a high throw ...  

Rafael Soriano worked the ninth for his third save, retiring Alcides Escobar with a runner on third to end Kansas City's five-game winning streak away from home. Third baseman Alex Rodriguez fielded Escobar's grounder behind the bag and made a ...  

Three other right-handed hitters were in the top five spots -- Alcides Escobar, Billy Butler and Jeff Francoeur -- with lefty Mike Moustakas moving up to the three-hole for the first time. Escobar (.304), Moustakas (.298) and Butler  

Shortstop Alcides Escobar has been a spark for the Royals offensively by going 8 for 16 with three doubles and five RBIs in his last five games. Escobar had a single and drove in two Monday, giving him a .345 average in his last eight meetings with Texas.  

In the sixth, Chris Getz walked and Alcides Escobar singled to begin the inning before Boone Logan replaced Eppley on the mound. After Escobar stole second, Dyson lifted a sacrifice fly to left field, which brought home Getz. Gordon then lined a double ...  

One of the prizes they acquired was highly touted shortstop Alcides Escobar. Escobar had a reputation as a terrific defensive player with speed and range to both sides. The bat that evaluators had been waiting to see finally had started to come around.  

Alcides Escobar: Kansas City Royals, SS (39.5% owned) Escobar's numbers don't fly off the stat sheet, but at a position so shallow, they sure are useful. The 25 year-old is currently batting .295, has eight runs and five steals. He is unlikely to maintain ...  

Jose Bautista and Yunel Escobar each added an RBI for the Blue Jays, who have won the first three games of this four-game set. Ricky Romero (3-0) gave up two runs on five hits over eight innings. He struck out five and walked two. Alcides Escobar and Mike ...  

And of course Alcides Escobar was very solid at shortstop, though the Angels were able to score on a short hopper with the bases loaded to short. However it looked as if Mike Moustakas made a hard charge towards Escobar that fouled up what would ...  

That makes it easy to overlook Moustakas’ emergence as a defensive third baseman who now serves as a perfect complement to shortstop Alcides Escobar in providing the Royals with a potent blockade on the left side of their infield. “As soon as the ball ...  

The Royals would later load the bases with two outs on a pair of walks by Moustakas and Alex Gordon, but Alcides Escobar grounded out to third to end the inning and keep it a 3-0 game. The Yankees then threatened to break through in the home third after ...  

2. SS Alcides Escobar (3-for-7) is the only Kansas City hitter with more than two hits against Hammel. The Royals are 11-for-46 (.239) against him as a team. 3. The Orioles have won 15 of their last 18 games against the American League Central ...  

(cont.) The Royals have Alcides Escobar and Johnny Giavotella up the middle and Irving Falu can back up both positions. Getz is hitting .277 on the season thus far with 0 home runs and 8 RBI. Where his impact might be felt even more is in the ...