Edwin Encarnacion, Seattle Mariners
I think most of us are shocked Edwin Encarnacion is still on the Mariners. After all, we just assumed Jerry Dipoto was going to flip him to another team after acquiring him from the Cleveland Indians. For a club like Seattle, though — who is very much rebuilding at the moment — every plate appearance will be an audition for Encarnacion to show other teams he’s worth the risk.
The right-handed slugger has been one of the game’s more feared power hitters in recent years. He continued that work in Cleveland when looking at his counting stats, which included two more years of 30-plus homers and 100-plus RBI. His power dipped a little bit in 2018 when looking at his first-half/second-half splits, but his overall production increased (105 wRC+ to 133 wRC+).
His market is a bit limited because of a lack of defense, but if he has a good spring and carries that into the start of the regular season, it’ll be shocking if he’s still in Seattle by the time July rolls around.
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