Starling Marte Mets deal

n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”rich”,”width”:550,”__typename”:”ExternalEmbedContent”},”$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({“locale”:”en-us”,”slug”:”starling-marte-mets-deal”,”type”:”story”}).parts.8″:{“data”:{“type”:”id”,”generated”:true,”id”:”$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({“locale”:”en-us”,”slug”:”starling-marte-mets-deal”,”type”:”story”}).parts.8.data”,”typename”:”ExternalEmbedContent”},”type”:”oembed”,”__typename”:”ExternalEmbed”},”$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({“locale”:”en-us”,”slug”:”starling-marte-mets-deal”,”type”:”story”}).parts.9″:{“content”:”Overall, Escobar owns a career .256/.309/.436 slash line with 138 homers over 11 seasons for four different teams. More than half of that service time came with the Twins from 2012-18.nnWhile the Mets acquired Escobar in large part for his offensive resume, they also did so because of his competent defense at both second and third base. As the roster is currently constructed, the club doesn’t know who will be manning either position for them come April, so the addition of Escobar gives them the flexibility to move in any number of directions. If they want to use Jeff McNeil in the outfield, for example, they can start Escobar at second. If they trade J.D. Davis, they can use Escobar at third.”,”type”:”markdown”,”__typename”:”Markdown”},”$ROOT_QUERY.getForgeContentBySlug({“locale”:”en-us”,”slug”:”starling-marte-mets-deal”,”type”:”story”}).parts.10″:{“contentDate”:”2021-05-04T23:46:48.425Z”,”description”:”Eduardo Escobar makes a diving stop and a throw from his knees to rob Jesús Aguilar of a base hit in the bottom of the 3rd…