Even though the Rays were (on paper) already paying $5 million of Encarnación’s salary via the Yandy Diaz three-team trade, the remaining cost of Encarnación’s 2019 salary and $5 million buy out for next season was prohibitive for the Rays. By acquiring Edwin Encarnación, the Yankees do not have to face Edwin Encarnación, even if the fit on the roster pushes Giancarlo Stanton back into left field.įor a Rays fan, the feeling is familiar in two ways.įirst, this trade opportunity came down to money. They were adding two of the best power hitters in baseball, why go get a third?Ĭashman gets it. The Rays traveled to NYC last night to take on the Yankees, who are adding Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge to their lineups off the injured list this week. Sherman is perfectly right to wonder about the timing. The Mariners’ goal now is to save as many dollars as possible and so accepted Juan Then from the Yanks - an acceptable price in the Yanks’ mind to acquire the AL home run leader. Tampa Bay was willing to give better prospects, but not owe Encarnación as much (the Rays lost Nelson Cruz in free agency to the Twins for essentially this reason). The Yankees owe roughly $8 million to Encarnación between his salary this year and the buyout on his 2020 option minus the $8.4 million-ish that the Mariners included. But Cashman insisted that was not the motivation. Did the Yankees block the Rays from acquiring Encarnación? Very possibly. There wasn’t much to say about the Rays losing out on trading for American League homerun leader Edwin Encarnación when the Yankees first swept in to nab the player who seemed destined to join the Rays and bolster the team’s roster.īut now that the dust has settled, Joel Sherman has some reflection from his conversation with Yankees GM Brian Cashman, with this standing out the most:
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