At age 39, former Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Alcides Escobar is once again a champion, and he has added another Most Valuable Player award to his resume for his performance in a playoff series.

Escobar, who was a World Series champion with the Kansas City Royals in 2015 and earned ALCS MVP honors that year, was just named the MVP of the Dominican Professional Baseball League’s (LIDOM) championship series, during which he led the Leones del Escogido to their second-consecutive title.

¡Rendimiento de campeón! 🦁👑

Alcides Escobar es el MVP de la Serie Final, presentado por @JuancitoSport 🔥#SerieFinalLIDOM #CopaBanreservas pic.twitter.com/DbOajccJVv

— LIDOM (@LIDOMRD) January 28, 2026Former Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Alcides Escobar just won MVP of the Dominican League championship series at 39 years old

Escobar debuted with the Brewers back in 2009. He appeared in just 47 games during his first two seasons, but became the everyday guy in 2010. At that time, he had been excelling defensively but had yet to reach his full potential offensively, so as a result, the Brewers traded him to the Royals as part of the package that brought Zack Greinke and Yuniesky Betancourt to Milwaukee.

For the next eight years, Escobar was the everyday shortstop in Kansas City. As mentioned, he won a World Series in 2015, earning the ALCS MVP honors when the Royals defeated the Blue Jays in six games that year. Escobar collected a hit in every game of the 2015 ALCS, going 11-23 overall with five RBI and six runs scored.

After his time with the Royals, Escobar played two partial seasons for the Washington Nationals, but never found his footing there. Following the 2022 campaign, he never returned to affiliated baseball and has since been playing in the Mexican League as well as the Venezuelan Winter League.

This year, he appeared in 43 games in Venezuela before switching over to the Dominican Winter League for the first time in his career. There, he helped propel the Leones del Escogido to a championship and earned MVP honors for the final series. Over the five-game championship series, he hit .333 with one home run, five RBI, and posted an .833 OPS.

Having been 16 years since Escobar last wore a Milwaukee Brewers uniform, his continued success is truly remarkable. Few players sustain this level of impact as a player so deep into their careers, even outside of Major League Baseball.