On the screen, the scrappy Colombia team is giving Santana and company a first-round battle. His contract is the largest in team history and adds one of the league’s best power hitters to a roster that expects to compete for a World Series title again in 2017 - and beyond. Still, the 34-year-old remains transfixed on his original family.Įvery bit of Encarnacion’s journey to become an elite major league hitter and his three-year, $65 million contract with the Indians comes from those who raised him in the Caribbean - those represented by “DOMINICANA” across their jerseys.įor the defending American League champions, Encarnacion represents a shift that registers like one of his mammoth home runs. ![]() In his first season here, Encarnacion passed on representing the reigning WBC champions to fully integrate into his new family in Arizona. His new Tribe teammate and fellow Dominican countryman Carlos Santana is onscreen playing in the World Baseball Classic, the international tournament that brings together the game’s best players. ![]() The prized free agent slugger often appears unfazed, walking the facility’s fields and halls with his glove atop his head in place of his navy-and-red, block-C cap.Īs he idly removes his mitt from his head while dropping equipment at his corner locker, another team wearing red and blue holds his attention on the clubhouse television. A light afternoon lies ahead, befitting his veteran star status. Instead, Encarncion is coming off the Indians’ sun-splashed Goodyear, Arizona, fields after an extended morning of conditioning and baseball workouts. Most of the team is heading the opposite way, exiting toward an awaiting bus that will depart for today’s spring training game against the San Diego Padres. Business Hall of Fame and Community Leader of the Year AwardsĮdwin Encarnacion ambles across the Cleveland Indians spring training clubhouse.
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