#84 Rafael Escalante, Third Base, 39 yrs, Minnesota Twins
Wednesday, 11/1/2029 |
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| Rafael Escalante
8/25/1990
39
Dominican Republic
6"1
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Third Base
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1.0 Stars
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| Big League Contract
$ 2,500,000
2029
17 Year(s), 38 Days (2962 total Days)
172 Day(s)
17 Year(s)
Not eligible
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Versus LHP | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Versus RHP | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Talent | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
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Pull Hitter
| Fielding Ratings
2B : 6 (Range), .963 (Fielding Pct.)
3B : 6 (Range), .953 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 10
Outfield Arm : 1
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| Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
| 9/23 | @CWS | L 4-10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
| 9/24 | @CWS | W 6-5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
| 9/25 | ANA | W 13-6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | #7 | | |
| 9/26 | ANA | W 1-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
| 9/27 | @TBA | L 3-9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
| 9/28 | DET | L 5-8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
| 9/30 | @SEA | L 2-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #7 | | |
| 10/1 | ANA | L 5-6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
| 10/2 | BOS | L 1-14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | #7 | | |
| 10/3 | @NYY | L 0-8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
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| Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
| Overall | 151 | 558 | 137 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 50 | 29 | 119 | .246 | .283 | .330 | .613 | .497 | .084 |
| Projected | 151 | 558 | 137 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 50 | 29 | 119 | .246 | .283 | .330 | .613 | .497 | .084 |
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| Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
| Overall | 145 | 593 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 184 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .0 | 51.2 | 3.2 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHP | 124 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .234 | .286 | .339 | .624 |
| vs. RHP | 434 | 108 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 33 | 21 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .249 | .283 | .327 | .610 |
| Close/Late | 60 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .339 | .383 | .722 |
| Scoring Position | 121 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 10 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .244 | .231 | .476 |
| Pinch Hitting | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
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| | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Home | 77 | 274 | 74 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 58 | .270 | .313 | .369 | .682 |
| Road | 74 | 284 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 61 | .222 | .254 | .292 | .546 |
| March/April | 23 | 81 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 17 | .321 | .364 | .432 | .796 |
| May | 25 | 85 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 16 | .259 | .330 | .306 | .636 |
| June | 22 | 79 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 20 | .241 | .302 | .392 | .695 |
| July | 25 | 99 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 23 | .222 | .243 | .303 | .546 |
| August | 28 | 105 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 19 | .229 | .264 | .305 | .568 |
| Sept/Oct | 28 | 109 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 24 | .220 | .223 | .275 | .498 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 2012 | 26 | 92 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .304 | .385 | .359 | .743 | NYN |
| 2013 | 158 | 598 | 189 | 33 | 2 | 23 | 93 | 91 | 65 | 4 | 6 | 78 | 1 | 0 | .316 | .383 | .493 | .877 | NYN,NL |
| 2014 | 159 | 600 | 184 | 42 | 3 | 24 | 101 | 106 | 73 | 3 | 6 | 84 | 3 | 0 | .307 | .381 | .507 | .888 | NYN,NL |
| 2015 | 158 | 596 | 202 | 54 | 5 | 22 | 115 | 104 | 54 | 6 | 8 | 81 | 0 | 2 | .339 | .395 | .557 | .952 | NYN,NL |
| 2016 | 110 | 424 | 146 | 31 | 3 | 14 | 84 | 68 | 43 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 3 | 0 | .344 | .407 | .531 | .937 | NYN,NL |
| 2017 | 157 | 584 | 184 | 38 | 3 | 21 | 109 | 98 | 64 | 7 | 4 | 84 | 0 | 0 | .315 | .387 | .498 | .885 | NYN,NL |
| 2018 | 157 | 607 | 183 | 39 | 3 | 21 | 97 | 102 | 61 | 4 | 8 | 95 | 0 | 0 | .301 | .365 | .479 | .844 | NYM |
| 2019 | 157 | 596 | 191 | 47 | 7 | 28 | 136 | 103 | 55 | 3 | 4 | 92 | 0 | 0 | .320 | .378 | .564 | .942 | NYM,NL |
| 2020 | 148 | 551 | 172 | 36 | 1 | 26 | 110 | 99 | 66 | 5 | 6 | 88 | 0 | 1 | .312 | .387 | .523 | .910 | NYM,NL |
| 2021 | 153 | 592 | 160 | 32 | 5 | 28 | 107 | 86 | 62 | 1 | 5 | 75 | 3 | 0 | .270 | .338 | .483 | .821 | NYM |
| 2022 | 159 | 625 | 200 | 44 | 5 | 23 | 98 | 91 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 84 | 4 | 1 | .320 | .384 | .517 | .901 | NYM |
| 2023 | 145 | 541 | 179 | 41 | 4 | 28 | 110 | 97 | 66 | 3 | 3 | 75 | 3 | 0 | .331 | .405 | .577 | .981 | NYM,NL |
| 2024 | 157 | 596 | 189 | 42 | 4 | 25 | 105 | 104 | 52 | 5 | 6 | 93 | 1 | 0 | .317 | .373 | .527 | .900 | NYM,NL |
| 2025 | 134 | 528 | 142 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 73 | 74 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 95 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .333 | .394 | .727 | NYM |
| 2026 | 152 | 549 | 171 | 27 | 2 | 19 | 88 | 79 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 105 | 1 | 0 | .311 | .361 | .472 | .833 | NYM |
| 2027 | 151 | 536 | 148 | 28 | 4 | 12 | 73 | 74 | 45 | 9 | 6 | 96 | 2 | 1 | .276 | .339 | .410 | .749 | MIN |
| 2028 | 138 | 473 | 134 | 25 | 2 | 11 | 69 | 58 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 83 | 0 | 0 | .283 | .338 | .414 | .752 | MIN |
| 2029 | 151 | 558 | 137 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 50 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 119 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .283 | .330 | .613 | MIN |
| Total | 2570 | 9646 | 2939 | 609 | 60 | 343 | 1617 | 1491 | 940 | 66 | 79 | 1503 | 22 | 5 | .305 | .368 | .487 | .855 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2012, AAA | 76 | 304 | 125 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 49 | 57 | 39 | 57 | 2 | 7 | .411 | .474 | .612 | 1.086 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2017 | 10 | 40 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .442 | .650 | 1.092 |
| 2018 | 16 | 55 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .382 | .514 | .491 | 1.005 |
| 2019 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .316 | .350 | .526 | .876 |
| 2021 | 12 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .209 | .306 | .488 | .794 |
| 2023 | 9 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .368 | .472 | .841 |
| Total | 52 | 193 | 64 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 27 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .332 | .414 | .523 | .937 |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Second Base | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 4.50 | | | | |
| Third Base | 148 | 145 | 113 | 259 | 28 | 389 | 17 | .956 | 1277.0 | 2.74 | | | | |
| Shortstop | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 9.00 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by New York (N) in 2012...
Had first career hit on 9/1/2012, off Dontrelle Willis (LAN)...
Injured on 9/27/2012 with a Stiff Knee, out for one week...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/10/2013, hitting .600 with 0 HR, 3 RBI...
Hit first career homerun on 4/13/2013, off Jon Garland (CHN)...
Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game...
Won Rookie of the Year Award in 2013, hitting .316 with 23 HR, 93 RBI...
Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 2013...
Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game...
Drove in 8 runs against Pittsburgh on 4/19/2015...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/2015, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 9 RBI...
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/31/2015...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/3/2015, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 7 RBI...
Was selected to the 2015 Allstar game...
1/31/2016: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,964,286 through salary arbitration...
Drove in 6 runs against Florida on 4/5/2016...
Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game...
Injured on 7/9/2016 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 3 weeks...
Injured on 9/2/2016 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 7 weeks...
1/31/2017: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,964,286 through salary arbitration...
Drove in 6 runs against Florida on 4/9/2017...
Drove in 6 runs against Florida on 5/29/2017...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/5/2017, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 16 RBI...
Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game...
1/31/2018: Gets a new one-year contract worth $6,964,286 through salary arbitration...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/26/2018, hitting .464 with 4 HR, 11 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/31/2018, hitting .393 with 5 HR, 10 RBI...
10/14/2018: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $14,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Won World Series with New York (N) in 2018...
Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/2020, hitting .435 with 3 HR, 13 RBI...
Was selected to the 2020 Allstar game...
Injured on 9/8/2020 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week...
Injured on 4/10/2021 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/31/2021, hitting .448 with 4 HR, 12 RBI...
Drove in 7 runs against Arizona on 8/15/2021...
8/1/2022: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $14,000,000 per year, for 4 years.
Won Player of the Week award on 8/21/2022, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 10 RBI...
Was selected to the 2023 Allstar game...
Injured on 7/26/2023 with a Sore Back, out for one week...
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against San Francisco on 8/22/2023...
Had 2000th career hit on 9/15/2023, off Jose Martin (ATL)...
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2023, hitting .357 with 6 HR, 27 RBI...
Won MVP Award in 2023, hitting .331 with 28 HR, 110 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 4/4/2024...
Was selected to the 2024 Allstar game...
Injured on 6/25/2025 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks...
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Chicago (N) on 9/25/2026...
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/1/2027 to a 2-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year...
Injured on 9/25/2028 with a Torn Thigh Muscle, out for 6 weeks...
11/1/2028: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $2,500,000 per year, for 1 years.
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| Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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AVG
2013 - .316 - 6th
2015 - .339 - 2nd
2019 - .320 - 7th
2022 - .320 - 9th
2023 - .331 - 4th
2024 - .317 - 9th
| OBP
2014 - .381 - 10th
2023 - .405 - 5th
| SLG
2015 - .557 - 8th
2019 - .564 - 8th
2022 - .517 - 10th
2023 - .577 - 3rd
2024 - .527 - 8th
| OPS
2015 - .952 - 7th
2019 - .942 - 9th
2022 - .901 - 10th
2023 - .981 - 1st
2024 - .900 - 10th
| Hits
2013 - 189 - 6th
2014 - 184 - 8th
2015 - 202 - 4th
2019 - 191 - 6th
2022 - 200 - 2nd
2024 - 189 - 4th
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Doubles
2015 - 54 - 2nd
| Homeruns
2023 - 28 - 10th
2024 - 25 - 10th
| RBI
2015 - 115 - 9th
2019 - 136 - 3rd
2021 - 107 - 10th
2023 - 110 - 7th
2024 - 105 - 8th
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