Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eduardo Escobar is unlikely to hit well against Dylan Bundy and the Angels on Wednesday as he tends to struggle against changeups (.599 OPS against this season) and sliders (.676 OPS against this season) -- Bundys two preferred secondary offerings. Escobar has struggled all season with a .606 OPS coming into Wednesdays game, and his xwOBA is down to its lowest mark since 2016 at .317. With less than two weeks left in the season, Escobar has little time to ...

Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eduardo Escobar has had a considerable amount of difficulty replicating his 2019 success thus far this year. But on the heels of a home run Thursday, Escobar has now delivered a 1.073 OPS over his last seven games. The most glaring issue has been his downturn in production against breaking pitches; last season he produced a .295 BA and .575 SLG, whereas this year he sits at .174 BA with a .304 SLG. After having broken out as an extra-base savant with 74 last ...

San Diego Padres reliever Emilio Pagan took the loss Sunday against the Arizona Diamondbacks, serving up a game-clinching three-run homer. Summoned to protect a two-run lead in the eighth, the maligned Pagan relinquished a two-out blast to D-backs third baseman Eduardo Escobar. The 29-year-old has been a major bust since joining the Friars this offseason, carrying an 8.31 ERA, 1.38 WHIP and allowing a nine percent barrel rate through nine outings. After a breakout 2019, Pagan was a fantasy ...

Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eduardo Escobar was an extra-base-hitting savant last season, amassing 74 such hits in 158 games. But through his first 14 games of 2020, he has just two extra-base hits, with his OPS+ sitting at a paltry 39. Of the 39 batted balls that he has put into play this season, Escobar has just one barrel, with his wOBA sitting at .212, which would be far and away the lowest mark of his career. Owners can afford to stick behind Escobar for the time being, but after ...

Each draft season there are always players, coming off strong seasons, who will likely disappoint future owners. Not all breakouts will disappoint, some will continue to shine. What winning fantasy owners have to do is find ways to decipher who will bust and who will not.The infield position has some really talented players coming off great seasons. There is the NL Rookie of the Year, Peter Alonso, coming off 53 home runs. The Diamondbacks second baseman Eduardo Escobar, who hit 35 home runs, ...

The Arizona Diamondbacks finished the 2019 season with a record of 85-77, which was good enough for a second-place finish in the NL West but was not quite good enough to receive a Wild Card spot in the postseason. The strong finish came as a surprise to many fans, especially on the heels of what looked like a minor rebuild with the trading of Paul Goldschmidt in the offseason.Many players had breakout performances for the Diamondbacks, which is what led directly to their success. One of the key ...

Eduardo Escobar enjoyed what will almost certainly be his career year in 2019, slashing .269/.320/.511 with a whopping 35 long balls and 118 RBI for the Diamondbacks last season. Regression is almost certainly in order in 2020. Escobar is a power compiler, meaning that he hits a ton of fly balls (44.6 FB% in 2019) that allow him to produce 25-30 HR even if his Statcast power indicators aren't great (91.1 mph average airborne exit velocity, 7% Brls/BBE). Escobar is projected to hit third in ...

Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eduardo Escobar went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI on Tuesday in a loss to the New York Mets. Escobar's homer was his 34th of the season to go along with an eye-popping 112 RBI. This is clearly the veteran's best season of his career, and as long as he continues to see consistent at-bats in the middle of the D-backs order, he should remain in your lineups the rest of the season.

Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eduardo Escobar had only one hit on Saturday night, but it left the park for his 32nd home run of the year. Escobar has now continued his power display he's been putting on his last 10 games, as he has two doubles, one triple and four home runs with 11 RBI in that span. He continues to remain a must start every night out in all formats.

Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eduardo Escobar hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning of the Diamondbacks' win over the Dodgers on Thursday to give him 30 for the season. He finished 2-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored to continue what has been a career-year for Escobar. With 30 home runs and a league-leading 10 triples to go along with 106 RBI, Escobar has been one of the best hitters in baseball this year and owners should be starting him every day.