Edwin Escobar, LHP, Salem-Keizer: This Giants prospect is an 18-year-old Venezuelan, originally...

Edwin Escobar, LHP, Salem-Keizer: This Giants prospect is an 18-year-old Venezuelan, originally signed by the Rangers and traded to San Francisco for Ben Snyder this past April. He posted a 4.86 ERA in the Northwest League, with a 69/40 K/BB in 63 innings, with 64 hits allowed. He doesn't stand out on paper, but his K/IP ratio is strong, he's young, he throws 90-92 MPH with more velocity possible, his breaking stuff has a chance to be good, and the Giants know something about young pitching. He needs to improve his control, but keep an eye on him.

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He was an interesting pitcher to watch.

He has some serious flaws, but fixable ones. He’ll dominate at times, and other games, he’ll be terribly awful.

There might be a little bit of Jonathan Sanchez in him.

BTW, he prefers being called ‘Esky’.

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by BruteSentiment on Sep 16, 2010 1:38 PM PDT reply actions

Wow, 40 walks in 63 innings!

My Bucardo is better than yours.

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by Roger on Sep 16, 2010 1:54 PM PDT reply actions