After taking over as the starting shortstop the past two seasons, Eduardo Escobar will enter 2016 with the most security he's ever enjoyed.
According to a person with direct knowledge, Escobar, 27, agreed to a $2.15 million salary in his first year of arbitration eligibility after making $532,000 last season.
The switch-hitter, who received permission from the Twins to stay with Aragua through the Venezuelan Winter League round-robin, may have been helped by arbitration agreements with a pair of fellow shortstops with similar service time. Countryman Freddy Galvis settled at $2 million with the Philadelphia Phillies, while the Pittsburgh Pirates agreed at $2.