The Blue Jays soon kick off their three-game set against the Braves in Atlanta, but before first pitch, let’s round up a few pieces of news that have come in pre-game. As you’ll see from tonight’s lineup featuring Justin Smoak, Edwin Encarnacion remains out of the lineup with a left middle finger injury.
Encarnacion is day to day with the left middle finger injury. Gibbons wouldn’t say if he’s available to pinch hit, but I doubt it. #BlueJays
— Gregor Chisholm (@gregorMLB) September 15, 2015
While there’s reason for concern regarding any injury to a player of Encarnacion’s stature, I’m more worried about what the time off will do to his swing if this stretches over several more games.