Edwin Encarnacion to Indians

[jjkoestler]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/12/indians-to-sign-edwin-encarnacion.html?fv-home=true&post-id=81179

[MadThinker88]

Merry Xmas Cleveland.

I can only hope this ends the "Dolan (owner) is cheap" BS..

 

Nearly fell off bar stool when I saw the announcement scroll on ESPN. Screamed it to the bar and we just erupted...

[trwi7]

Think this is a really solid deal. Good AAV and shorter term to mitigate the risk.

[nate82]

Nice deal for the Indians definitely got Encarnacion on a more team friendly deal. He should have gotten about another 2 or 3 years more the amount per year is about right though.

[jerichoholicninja]

Put me in the "not bad" deal camp. I can't believe no team offered more money. Sure he can't play defense but he's not a one trick pony like Trumbo. He's got a good OBP and a decent AVG to go along with the power.

[FVBrewerFan]

Maybe Braun would green light a trade to the Jays now, aye?

[owbc]

Looks like the Blue Jays' window has closed...two ugly ALCS appearances and zero pennants. The biggest positive out of this might end up being the revival of the Montreal Expos 5-10 years down the road. The massive TV ratings for those Jays playoff games showed that Canada has major growth potential for MLB.

[Ennder]

Gonna go against the grain here and say that the Indians are a much better team than the Cubs and are more likely to return to the World Series. They were down 3 of their 5 best players and just added an all star player as well. They are a better team than the cubs.