Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro joined the Jeff Blair Show on The Fan 590 this morning and was surprisingly candid about several issues facing the organization.
On the issue of Edwin Encarnacion’s contract status, which has emerged as the hot topic of the week, Shapiro stayed in the same lane as general manager Ross Atkins earlier in the week.
He said the Blue Jays and Encarnacion are speaking “constructively as far as rough outlines”, which aligns with the reports that the two sides have yet to discuss dollars as they disagree on term.
Not surprisingly, Shapiro hasn’t been a fan of the public nature in which these negotiations have played out.