Phillies Top 30 Prospects No. 6: Aroon Escobar Adding Power

This is the twenty-fifth in a series of stories breaking down the Philadelphia Phillies’ Top 30 prospects heading into 2026.

The Phillies inked Venezuelan third baseman Aroon Escobar for $450,000 in 2022 and, after two shaky seasons in the Dominican Summer League, the 5-foot-9, 180 pound righty bat lit up the stat sheet during a 24-game rookie ball stint in 2024. Escobar slashed .338/.495/.481 and walked more than 20 percent of the time: he knows how to get on base and is a threat to run once aboard.

Still just 21 years old, Escobar made it all the way to Reading last season, earning a brief Double-A stint after Jersey Shore’s season ended. His numbers declined as he rose through the system, but a full season with the Fightin Phils should give a better idea of his development as a prospect.

Escobar tapped into his power stroke, hitting 15 home runs in some 510 plate appearances after managing just seven in 400 over the previous three seasons (105 games); improvement as a slugger came with more misses, his 98 strikeouts doubling the 49 he’d amassed in that same sample. Continuing to build strength will help Escobar reach his ceiling as a prospect, the whiffs arguably worth the trade-off.

Escobar also slid over to second base at an increasing rate in the past few seasons: he’s far from a standout defensively, but his production at the plate fits much better as a second baseman than it would if he occupied a corner spot. He might not become a superstar, but he has the makings of a dependable big leaguer: in that, he mirrors current Phillies’ second baseman Bryson Stott.