nickers Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 I think this a great move! http://m.indians.mlb.com/news/article/212025038/indians-edwin-encarnacion-agree-to-contract/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjp28 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 If he even stays near what he's been it will be good with their lineup...with or without Brantley, Napoli and whoever else is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickers Posted December 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 If he even stays near what he's been it will be good with their lineup...with or without Brantley, Napoli and whoever else is there. Agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjp28 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 In chatting with a friend real Tribe fan: Cheap ass Dolans... dh Santana 2b Kipnis ss Lindor 1b Encarnacion lf Brantley 3b Ramirez rf Chisenhall/Guyer cf Naquin/Amonte c Gomes/Perez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingfooldoug Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Wow! We sure can use his stick. This should turn out to be real big for the Tribe. I give it an A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjp28 Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 Amazing how "infield heavy" this lineup really is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canton Mike Posted December 23, 2016 Report Share Posted December 23, 2016 In a word.....WOW!!! Great move. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syd Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 a DH that can also play first base,,,,,yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richiswhere Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 I think this a great move! http://m.indians.mlb.com/news/article/212025038/indians-edwin-encarnacion-agree-to-contract/ I agree this is excellent to bad it has taken 16 years for Dolan to finally dish out some FA money. Edwin will more than make up for Napoli numbers but Napoli's leadership with this young team is really going to be missed. I wouldn't count on Brantley coming back anywhere near his old form shoulder issues are pretty much the kiss of death just ask Hafner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjp28 Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 I agree this is excellent to bad it has taken 16 years for Dolan to finally dish out some FA money. Edwin will more than make up for Napoli numbers but Napoli's leadership with this young team is really going to be missed. I wouldn't count on Brantley coming back anywhere near his old form shoulder issues are pretty much the kiss of death just ask Hafner Yes shoulders can be tricky my wife got hurt at work in April 2015 and will probably never return as a nurse, after surgery in May 2016 she's still having PT -and- she doesn't have to face MLB fastballs. Who knows on MB maybe just stay as a contact hitter? And the Tribe did go all the way without him last year so if he returns it will be a nice add to the team. On Hafner his game was hitting HRs but he disappeared rather fast after problens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjp28 Posted December 24, 2016 Report Share Posted December 24, 2016 a DH that can also play first base,,,,,yep And as your emergency or third catcher, a valuable commodity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingfooldoug Posted December 25, 2016 Report Share Posted December 25, 2016 He could well be the best bat in our lineup since Manny played here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjp28 Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Edwin Encarnacion reportedly agrees to a three-year deal with the AL champion Cleveland Indians Now, before we get too hot and bothered here, let's make some obvious, but pertinent points about this deal, which is pending a physical and said to include a fourth-year option for $25 million. After all, the very things that allowed Encarnacion to become a member of the Indians are the very things that lend a fair share of risk to the equation. Encarnacion, whose home run trot features the lovable "Edwing," will be 34 next season. If he ages as well as his buddy David Ortiz, no worries. But mid-30s sluggers sometimes stop slugging. (Some parrots, though, can live to be 100, so there's that.) Though Encarnacion is a fundamentally different player than Michael Bourn, the way these events unfolded does bring to mind the way Bourn "fell in the Indians hands" after they had already signed Nick Swisher post-2012. Neither player aged particularly well, and the Indians are still paying the price, in the form of $9 million still owed to Chris Johnson, the guy acquired and then cut as part of a bad contract swap with the Braves.........READ MORE IN ARTICLE. .......... http://m.indians.mlb.com/news/article/212134270/edwin-encarnacion-deal-a-bold-move-for-indians/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingfooldoug Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 a DH that can also play first base,,,,,yep Sure is a plus during interleague play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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