Tag Archives: Edgardo Escobar

Mets Sweep Oakland A’s Call Up Brett Baty

16 Apr

Yeah, Edgardo Escobar has been really, really bad to start off 2023. But I thought with the Mets paying him $10M this year, Baty’s subpar defense at 3rd base and the team still doing pretty well outside of the Brewers sweep, that they would give Escobar until May (or around 100 at-bats) to start turning things around before calling Baty up. But Mets fans have been killing Escobar online lately and literally begging Billy Eppier to make the move and Escobar has literally done nothing to warrant him keeping his starting job. Go figure.

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Mets Option Brett Baty, Mark Vientos to Triple-A Syracuse

26 Mar

Brett Baty Mark Vientos
NYPost.com:

The rookies took their best shot, but it wasn’t enough to earn them spots on the Mets’ Opening Day roster. Brett Baty and Mark Vientos have been optioned to Triple-A Syracuse, the team announced Saturday, in a wave of roster moves.

Baty excelled at third base this spring, and Vientos had improved his stock with solid work at first and third base.

Keep in mind that Edgardo Escobar, who will no doubt start at 3rd base instead of Baty opening day, is batting .118 with zero HRs and 2 RBI’s during spring training.

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