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Artificial Turf Wars Ep. 3: Encarnacion, The Evil Empire, and Exchanged Souls

Jay Jaffe of Sports Illustrated stops by to preview the New York Yankees in the final installment of the AL East Preview Series. The boys also discuss Edwin Encarnacion’s injuries/contract talks, Marco Estrada’s return to health, the signing of Randy Choate, and address the state of the battle for the final spot in the rotation. […]

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Edwin Encarnacion’s Minor Oblique Injury Might Affect Contract Negotiations

Earlier this morning, it was reported by Mike Wilner of Sportsnet that Edwin Encarnacion suffered a “minor” oblique injury and had been shut down from baseball activities for a week: Edwin Encarnacion has a “minor oblique problem”. He’s been shut down for a week, expected to be ok for opening day. #Bluejays #Jays — Mike […]

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Should We Be Worried About Who Leads Off for the Jays?

In this newly stabilized world of Blue Jays baseball, where so many jobs and roles are either already set in stone, or at least written in ink, the observer and the commentator has far fewer items over which to speculate than in previous years. For the most part, there are only two significant between-the-lines questions, […]