Blue Jays fans can stop dreaming of an Edwin Encarnacion reunion coming under the tree this Christmas. It’s not happening, no matter how many of us included it on our wish lists for Santa.
Adding to the disappointment is the fact that “Edwing” signed for less than the Blue Jays had reportedly offered earlier this spring, and also with the very team that bounced the Jays from the 2016 postseason. Cleveland was already a dangerous team, and now they’re set to add Encarnacion as well a healthy Michael Brantley for the 2017 season.
For the Blue Jays, it signals the end of an era with Encarnacion, and his part in the core that made up the last several years of manager John Gibbons’ lineup card.