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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 23)
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Birth Date5-30-1996
Height6' 1"
Weight205 lbs
Age27 years, 10 months, 26 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2019 PIT MLB 4 0 5.7 0 0 0 10 4 2 1 97 15.9 6.4 1.6 3.2 45% .429 2.47 7.40 7.94 107 4.72 96.9 0.0
CareerMLB405.7000104219715.96.41.63.245%.4292.477.407.941074.7296.90.0

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2014 DPI Rk DSL 13 13 55.0 2 4 0 50 31 34 2 8.2 5.1 0.3 5.6 0% .279 1.47 4.47 4.75 0 0.00 0.0
2015 WEV A- NYP 2 2 6.3 0 0 0 7 4 5 0 97 9.9 5.7 0.0 7.1 0% .368 1.74 3.83 5.68 112 6.54 143.5
2015 PIR Rk GCL 11 11 40.7 2 1 0 29 13 37 1 92 6.4 2.9 0.2 8.2 0% .252 1.03 3.05 3.54 98 3.10 68.1
2016 WEV A- NYP 15 12 67.7 6 5 0 50 28 61 4 97 6.7 3.7 0.5 8.1 43% .254 1.15 3.82 2.93 107 3.85 84.9
2017 WVA A SAL 26 25 131.7 10 7 0 97 60 168 9 100 6.6 4.1 0.6 11.5 45% .282 1.19 3.53 3.83 92 3.42 72.8
2018 BRD A+ FSL 17 16 92.7 7 6 0 76 38 85 9 105 7.4 3.7 0.9 8.3 47% .272 1.23 4.39 3.98 107 4.04 85.4
2018 ALT AA EAS 7 7 35.7 4 0 0 30 21 25 4 87 7.6 5.3 1.0 6.3 43% .248 1.43 5.22 4.54 127 5.21 110.1
2018 ZUL Wnt VWL 4 4 15.3 0 2 0 15 9 10 0 100 8.8 5.3 0.0 5.9 0% .300 1.57 3.58 4.70 0 0.00 0.0
2019 PIT MLB NL 4 0 5.7 0 0 0 10 4 2 1 97 15.9 6.4 1.6 3.2 45% .429 2.47 7.40 7.94 107 4.72 96.9
2019 BRD A+ FSL 10 0 13.3 0 0 3 6 6 15 0 4.1 4.1 0.0 10.1 58% .194 0.90 2.86 0.00 94 3.34 68.7
2019 IND AAA INT 24 5 55.0 2 1 1 54 32 57 7 93 8.8 5.2 1.1 9.3 48% .329 1.56 5.06 4.09 108 5.36 110.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2019 104 0.4712 0.4423 0.7826 0.6735 0.2364 0.8182 0.6923 0.2174
Career1040.47120.44230.78260.67350.23640.81820.69230.2174

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2020 PIT $
2019 PIT $
2018 PIT $

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 20 d2020

Details
  • 2020. Released by Pittsburgh 6/10/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/19. DFA by Pittsburgh 11/20/19. Sent outright to Triple-A by Pittsburgh 11/27/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Contract selected by Pittsburgh 11/20/17. Re-signed by Pittsburgh 3/18.
  • Signed by Pittsburgh 7/8/13 as an amateur free agent from Colombia.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 0 11.8 0 26 26 124.7 100 56 107 14 .251 1.25 3.93 4.34 -15.1 -1.6
80o 0 11.9 0 24 24 117.4 101 56 101 15 .264 1.34 4.33 4.79 -19.8 -2.2
70o 0 11.9 0 23 23 112.3 102 57 96 15 .274 1.41 4.63 5.12 -22.9 -2.5
60o 0 11.9 0 22 22 108.0 102 57 93 15 .283 1.47 4.89 5.4 -25.2 -2.7
50o 0 11.9 0 21 21 104.1 102 57 89 15 .291 1.53 5.14 5.68 -27.4 -3.0
40o 0 11.9 0 21 21 100.2 102 57 86 15 .299 1.59 5.39 5.96 -29.4 -3.2
30o 0 11.8 0 20 20 96.1 102 57 82 15 .307 1.66 5.66 6.26 -31.2 -3.4
20o 0 11.8 0 19 19 91.5 102 57 78 15 .317 1.74 5.99 6.62 -33.2 -3.6
10o 0 11.7 0 18 18 85.2 101 57 73 15 .332 1.86 6.45 7.13 -35.5 -3.9
Weighted Mean011.802121103.9101568915.2891.525.105.64-26.9-2.9

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2017-06-13 12:00:00 (link to chat)Who are some under the radar prospects for the Pirates who could shoot up the rankings in the next year or two?
(Jeb from Des Moines)		Luis Escobar is the guy generating a lot of questions this year, but reports I've heard have him as a likely reliever. (Craig Goldstein)
2017-05-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)Sixto Sanchez or Luis Escobar? 2 relievers?
(Rick from TN)		Sanchez. Not close. (George Bissell)
2017-05-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)Best under the radar prospects in the Pirates organization? (Luis Escobar, Taylor Hearn)?
(Bill Scott from Mayor)		OK, full disclosure: When I get prospects questions, I refer to the BP Annual. Luis Escobar isn't even in it. Hearn has only a Lineout. Can I answer Ke'Bryan Hayes, or is he not under the radar? Sorry, this is not my long suit. (Rob Mains)
2017-05-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)Luis Escobar is intriguing. Lot of K's. Thoughts?
(Blackburn from Spoco)		Adam Hayes saw him last year. Don't know what if anything might have changed. He's on my follow list though.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/eyewitness_pit.php?reportid=452 (Jeffrey Paternostro)
2017-04-28 13:30:00 (link to chat)Is Luis Escobar a dude? He has all the k's
(flashtheleather from TN)		He's interesting, that's for sure. The strikeouts are encouraging, but even more encouraging is the curtailed walk rate. We have an eyewitness report on him from August of last year, and I haven't had the chance to see him since then, so I'm not sure what's changed. Going off that report, though, I'd hazard he's a reliever in the long run. (Craig Goldstein)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Luis Escobar threw 104 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2019, including pitches thrown in . In 2019, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (95mph), also mixing in a Change (84mph) and Curve (79mph). He also rarely threw a Slider (80mph).