The Cleveland Indians did the damn thing and signed Edwin Encarnacion. For the first time since probably Travis Hafner, they have a loud bat that isn’t just aone-yearr "hope for the best" signing, ala Mike Napoli, Brandon Moss, or Mark Reynolds.
He’s a real, actual free agent star slugger, and they got him for the next three seasons. This means Encarnacion’s age 34, 35 and 36 seasons. This is less than ideal, but that’s when players become free agents these days. We all know about aging curves and how Father Time is undefeated and all that, but what kind of expectations should we have of Edwin in his new home?