{"id":102865,"date":"2026-01-11T04:59:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T08:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/escobar-bolsters-leones-del-escogido-a-veteran-for-the-round-robin\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T04:59:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T08:59:57","slug":"escobar-bolsters-leones-del-escogido-a-veteran-for-the-round-robin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/escobar-bolsters-leones-del-escogido-a-veteran-for-the-round-robin\/","title":{"rendered":"Escobar Bolsters Leones del Escogido: A Veteran for the Round Robin"},"content":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo \u2013 Los Leones del Escogido, current national and Caribbean champions, have announced the incorporation of the experienced Venezuelan infielder Alcides Escobar as a key reinforcement for the decisive phase of the tournament, according to the club&#8217;s general manager, Carlos Pe\u00f1a.\n\nPe\u00f1a highlighted that Escobar&#8217;s arrival will bring both competitive solidity and leadership to the team.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Escobar brings us leadership, experience, and knowledge of the game at the highest level. His presence on the field and in the clubhouse elevates the group at a key moment. We trust that his veteran status will be an important factor in what remains of the tournament.<\/p><cite>Carlos Pe\u00f1a<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nIn the fall-winter 2025-26 season, Escobar proved his worth with the Tiburones de La Guaira in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, recording a .316 average, a .792 OPS, two home runs, 26 RBIs, 13 doubles, and 24 runs scored in 43 games.\n\nEscobar, known for his versatility in the infield (third base, shortstop, and second base), has a distinguished career in Major League Baseball, where he played 13 seasons between 2008 and 2019.\n\nHis time with the Kansas City Royals was particularly memorable, being a key player in the 2015 World Series victory. That same year, he participated in the All-Star Game and won the Gold Glove.\n\nSubsequently, Escobar defended the colors of the Washington Nationals during the 2021 and 2022 seasons. In his MLB career, he accumulated a .258 average, 45 home runs, 478 RBIs, 178 stolen bases, 249 doubles, 58 triples, and 670 runs scored in 1,552 games.\n\nCurrently, the Leones del Escogido lead the Round Robin with a 7-3 record, tied with the Toros del Este and with a two-game lead over the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as. This Wednesday, they will face the Gigantes del Cibao (1-9) starting at 7:15 pm at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo \u2013 Los Leones del Escogido, current national and Caribbean champions, have announced the incorporation of the experienced Venezuelan infielder Alcides Escobar as a key reinforcement for the decisive phase of the tournament, according to the club&#8217;s general manager, Carlos Pe\u00f1a. Pe\u00f1a highlighted that Escobar&#8217;s arrival will bring both competitive solidity and leadership to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[11365,88,888,5390],"class_list":{"0":"post-102865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-alcides-escobar","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-lions","11":"tag-reinforcement"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}