Edwin Encarnacion doesn’t want to play anywhere else. He wants to finish his career with the Toronto Blue Jays.
He’s been very clear about that.
Now,the onus is on ownership and management, who have tripped over themselves on the way to free agency, to make that happen. They must find a way to make a deal with this all-time Blue Jays great to assure he plays at least the next four seasons in Toronto, which would likely be his final four seasons as a big-league player.
This could have been done earlier, probably cheaper, had it been the prerogative of president Mark Shapiro and general manager Ross Atkins.