Comment: Guess I struck a nerve.  

Of the 20+ posts, almost half of them are from you, each in its own way defending Your Js.  8 posts?  You need 8 posts extolling the virtues of a bench/role/utility player who should get no more than around 300 PA?

Pivot, divert, segue, obfuscate, muddle, talk trash, cherry pick, ignore, these are your tactics when challenged on your views.  

Just 1 e.g.:  you defend the Js payroll, or at least imply you do, though nobody knows what it is.  Why would this rich organization not spend to the cap, before the luxury tax kicks in?

The offer to Encarnacion has been withdrawn, it is not at present on the table, though it could re-appear.  My suspicions are that the offer of 4 years of $80 mill was made knowing it would be rejected, and is unlikely to be re-offered.  2 years, maybe an option for year 3 at most.

He's too old, this team has to get younger, and signing FA in their mid-30s for this team, dumb.