When the Brewers acquired super utility player and switch-hitting power bat Eduardo Escobar from Arizona, they reinforced strengths, bolstered shortcomings, and significantly improved their depth. David Stearns calls this redundancy, and Escobar is the walking embodiment of it.
All-Star INF Eduardo Escobar has been acquired from Arizona in exchange for OF Cooper Hummel and INF Alberto Ciprian. pic.twitter.com/qbSROeGhi0
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) July 28, 2021
Offensively, the most important thing Escobar offers the Brewers is power. They lost their most anticipated power bats of 2021 (Yelich and Hiura) to season-long slumps.