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Guess this was kind of expected but now it's now official;
https://sports.yahoo.com/yankees-decline-2020-option-slugger-encarnación-184851969--mlb.html
The New York Yankees have declined their 2020 option for Edwin Encarnacion, making the veteran slugger a free agent.
New York announced the move Thursday. Encarnacion was due $25 million in 2020, but the Yankees bought out the remaining year of his contract for $5 million.
The Yankees acquired the three-time All-Star from Seattle in June to bolster a lineup sapped by injuries. Cash from the Mariners in the trade meant the deal cost New York just $8 million of what he was owed, including the buyout.
Encarnacion led the AL with 21 homers at the time, but a strained left oblique limited the 36-year-old down the stretch. He hit .249 with 13 homers, 37 RBIs and an .856 OPS in 44 regular-season games with New York.
Encarnacion hit .308 while the Yankees pounded Minnesota in the AL Division Series, but he slumped badly in the AL Championship Series against Houston.
https://sports.yahoo.com/yankees-decline-2020-option-slugger-encarnación-184851969--mlb.html
The New York Yankees have declined their 2020 option for Edwin Encarnacion, making the veteran slugger a free agent.
New York announced the move Thursday. Encarnacion was due $25 million in 2020, but the Yankees bought out the remaining year of his contract for $5 million.
The Yankees acquired the three-time All-Star from Seattle in June to bolster a lineup sapped by injuries. Cash from the Mariners in the trade meant the deal cost New York just $8 million of what he was owed, including the buyout.
Encarnacion led the AL with 21 homers at the time, but a strained left oblique limited the 36-year-old down the stretch. He hit .249 with 13 homers, 37 RBIs and an .856 OPS in 44 regular-season games with New York.
Encarnacion hit .308 while the Yankees pounded Minnesota in the AL Division Series, but he slumped badly in the AL Championship Series against Houston.
