Yup, the expensive guy is down, the kid (OK, not so young but I just turned 41) is up.
Update: Encarnacion has been designated for assignment (could be traded, released, or just assigned to AAA) and Scott Richmond has been reinstated from the 60-day DL and optioned to Dunedin(A).
Encarnacion was told this was a short term thing, until he gets things back in gear (Update: guess not). Of course, the same was told to Luis Leal back in 1985 and he is still waiting for that call-up. Stat call... Hoffpauir: AAA 328/378/532 this year, 293/365/448 career in AAA (1362 PA), just 16 PA in majors Encarnacion: 200/298/467 this year (141 PA), 257/339/449 career in majors (2038 PA) Encarnacion has been close to what should be expected but with fewer balls hitting the ground. I suspect the Jays hoped he'd make a breakthrough this year but a 106 OPS+ that is slugging heavy isn't what they need. Hoffpauir's 15 K's in 260 PA I'm sure got Cito's attention.
https://www.battersbox.ca/article.php?story=20100621111641902