Edwin Encarnacion At 60 Million A Coup For Cleveland
It wasn’t an actual trade, of course, but rather a free-agent upgrade by the defending American League champions. Encarnacion will replace Napoli as the team’s right-handed-hitting slugger at first base and DH, and for the reasonable price (by modern baseball standards) of $60 million guaranteed, give or take, over three years. That includes a fourth-year option reportedly worth $25 million. MORE: Tracking the free-agent market The Blue Jays offered a similar deal at the beginning of the offseason, but talks broke down and Toronto moved on to other options, beginning with free agent Kendrys Morales....