A lot of attention was paid to a recent FOXSports.com report which suggested contract talks had yet to take place between the Blue Jays and Encarnacion. That shouldn't come as a major surprise because it seems all along that the club intended to engage in more meaningful conversations once camp opened.
"I guess the best thing to say is that it's a no-brainer that we want to keep them here," Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro recently said. "The sentiment is there, we've expressed that to both guys. We're not going to get into the specific negotiations until we get down to Spring Training.