DUNEDIN, FLA. - Blue Jays slugger Edwin Encarnacion was back on the Florida Auto Exchange Stadium field on Thursday morning stretching and loosening up, just a couple of days after suffering a minor oblique issue.
Manager John Gibbons said on Tuesday that Encarnacion would be shut down for at least one week because of the problem, so Thursday’s sighting was good news.
“Progress,” said Gibbons. “The fact that he’s out there is a pretty good sign. They don’t think it’s a big deal anyway, but he feels better so that’s the report they give me everyday. I don’t think it will be too much longer.