BRADENTON, Fla. - For a brief second this afternoon, I forgot that Luis Escobar set the West Virginia Power franchise record for most strikeouts in a season. I knew Tyler Glasnow previously held the record, but while talking to Escobar, I couldn't recall that he passed up Glasnow in the final start.
Escobar remembered.
"Didn't you have the second most strikeouts in West Virginia history last year?" I asked him.
"No, number one!" Escobar exclaimed, with a smile. He was then able to recall that he had 168, and Glasnow had 164.
I asked if he brought that up to Glasnow while they were both in MLB Spring Training.