Personally I don't understand what the big deal about Escobar is. Sure he plays great "D", but offensively he leaves much to be desired. He has a career minor league OPS of .706 and has never OPS'd over .800. I worry that he'll be nothing but a light hitting good defense SS. I'd much rather hold onto Hardy and trade Escobar, although I understand financially that could be difficult. If Escobar is having his best year this year, how is that fair to bring up his past numbers when he was 19,20,21...etc I understand that's really all you can go off of, but this could the year he's starting to put it together offensively. Wasn't Ozzie Smith a light hitting good defense SS?