Edwin José Escobar (born April 22, 1992) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Sultanes de Monterrey of the Mexican League.

On April 1, 2010, Escobar was traded to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for minor leaguer Ben Snyder.

The next year, Escobar split the season between the AZL Giants and the Single-A Augusta GreenJackets, accumulating a 3–7 record and 6.58 ERA in 52.0 innings of work.

[4] He split the 2013 season between the High-A San Jose Giants and the Double-A Richmond Flying Squirrels, posting a 8–8 record and 2.80 ERA in 26 appearances between the two teams.

[5][6] The Giants traded Escobar and Heath Hembree to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Jake Peavy on July 26, 2014.

Escobar was designated for assignment on April 20, 2016, to make room on the active roster for William Cuevas.

[10] On April 29, 2016, Escobar was claimed off waivers by the Arizona Diamondbacks and optioned to the Triple-A Reno Aces.

[14] On January 11, 2017, Escobar signed a one-year, $775,000 with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball.