The Cleveland Indians announced on Thursday that they signed free-agent 1B Edwin Encarnacion to a three-year, $65 million deal.
In 2016 with the Toronto Blue Jays, Encarnacion ranked tied for 2nd in the majors with 127-RBI and tied for 3rd with 42-HR. His 127 RBI are a career-high & 5th most in Blue Jays club history and the most since Carlos Delgado had a franchise high 145 in 2003. His 42-HR matches his career best (2nd time, last 2012) and are tied for 6th highest in a season in team history. In fact, the last time a Jay hit that many HR was Edwin in 2012.
76 of his career high 158 hits this season have gone for XBH (34-2B, 42-HR). Against LHPs, Encarnacion has 15 XBH out of 28 total hits (53.6%). On Sep. 20 at the Mariners, he hit his 42nd HR of the season, matching his career high (2012).
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