That was Encarnacion’s eighth straight season with both 30-plus homers and terrific overall offensive production. 287 ISO in 486 PA between the Mariners and Yankees. He’s also just two years removed from recording a line of. 157/.250/.377 in 181 plate appearances, though Encarnacion did continue to show off above-average power (10 home runs. Either way, considering how his 2020 went, it would be difficult to imagine any team guaranteeing an everyday role to Encarnacion. Indeed, the lack of a DH in the NL would lead to fewer potential suitors for Encarnacion. “I want a team to give me the opportunity to play daily to show that I can still produce.” “The decision that there will be no universal DH in the 2021 season has greatly affected my chances of signing,” Encarnacion said. If there’s no universal DH in 2021, it would further hurt Encarnacion’s cause, as he acknowledged to Hector Gomez of Z Sports 101 in the Dominican Republic. Encarnacion wants to play two more seasons, but as a defensively limited 38-year-old coming off a brutal campaign with the White Sox, it’s possible no team will sign him this year. Although free-agent designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion is one of baseball’s most prolific sluggers over the past several years, there is no guarantee he will suit up in the majors again.
