Nori, Escobar Headed To Double-A Reading
JERSEY SHORE, NJ - Two Phillies prospects and BlueClaws players are headed to Double-A Reading to finish the season! 2B Aroon Escobar and OF Dante Nori were added to Reading's roster on Tuesday morning prior to the start of their series with Somerset.
JERSEY SHORE, NJ - Two Phillies prospects and BlueClaws players are headed to Double-A Reading to finish the season! 2B Aroon Escobar and OF Dante Nori were added to Reading's roster on Tuesday morning prior to the start of their series with Somerset.
Escobar, the #5 prospect in the system per MLB Pipeline, joined the BlueClaws on July 8th and hit .256 with four home runs and 19 RBIs in 46 games while adding 14 stolen bases. He began the year with Clearwater, hitting .285 with 11 home runs.
Welcome to ShoreTown Aroon Escobar...2-run triple and it's 7-0 Claws! 🦀⚾ pic.twitter.com/HNkDam8vBt
— Jersey Shore BlueClaws (@BlueClaws) July 19, 2025
Nori, the Phillies first-round pick last year, is the #6 prospect in the system per MLB Pipeline. He spent most of the year with Clearwater, hitting .262 with four home runs and 37 stolen bases. He then joined the BlueClaws on August 26th and went 12-43 with 13 stolen bases in 12 games. He combined to steal 50 bases across his first professional season.
Dante Nori does it all 💪
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) August 31, 2025
The @Phillies' 2024 first-rounder collects four hits and swipes four bags for the High-A @BlueClaws -- and is up 47 stolen bases this season: pic.twitter.com/xjixzOA8rc
Reading hosts Somerset this week in the final week of their season.
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