DUNEDIN, Fla. — There is more than one bull elephant prowling the room known as the Blue Jays clubhouse.
In addition to Jose Bautista, slugger Edwin Encarnacion is also entering his free-agent year and moving closer and closer to a deadline.
“How come you are only writing about Jose and his contract situation?” asked one Encarnacion loyalist of which there are many in the right-field corner at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium.
“I heard they made him a one-year offer at the winter meetings and then a two-year offer. Two years? The guy deserves more respect than that after what he has done the last four years here.