Brewers Prospect Report: Alcides Escobar

Written by: Kevin Orris on 23rd June 2009

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A couple of weeks ago I was able to talk to Milwaukee Brewers top prospect Alcides Escobar about his future with the team and fellow prospects Mat Gamel and Angel Salome. Although Escobar grew up in Venezuela, he can speak fairly good English, but I have still made a few grammatical changes for the sake of making the interview easier to read.

Kevin Orris: Where did you grow up and what did you do as a child?

Alcides Escobar: I grew up in Venezuela and we would always be playing baseball. That was all that there was to do.

KO: What do you have to work on to be called up to the major league club?

AE: I really need to work on hitting at home plate.

KO: Have you played second base at all in Triple-A Nashville?

AE: Yes, but it depends on the game situation. I’ve played both shortstop and second base.

KO: What did you do differently last year that propelled you to such great hitting statistics?

AE: I worked a lot in the cage and practiced a lot.

KO: What can you tell us about this season so far?

AE: We’re only 50 games into the season, still about 80 left to go.

KO: What can you tell us about your former teammate Mat Gamel?

AE: Mat Gamel is a good player, he’s ready to play at the major leagues. I talked to him every day about defense. He needs to catch the ball, get his feet set, and then throw. I told him that he can hit home runs, extra base hits, everything.

I will have more interviews with many of the Brewers top prospects posted in the next few weeks as well. Most interviews will be a bit longer, and more descriptive than this one, however, it was a spur of the moment phone call from Nashville.

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Topics: Alcides Escobar, Angel Salome, Mat Gamel, milwaukee brewers, top prospect