PHOENIX — Plenty of members of the Nationals’ roster and coaching staff had seen Yunel Escobar over the years and thought they had a decent sense of him as a player. Most did not, however, think he would be what he has proven to be through his first six weeks in a Washington uniform.
“You know, I played against him at Triple-A when he was with the Braves, and he just dominated that league,” Denard Span said. “Then I got to the big leagues, and it seemed like he got away from what he was doing at Triple-A when he was with the Braves and then Toronto.