Giants lose slugging outfielder to contract in Japan
Some bats never quite translate.
Giants lose slugging outfielder to contract in Japan originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Some hitters never quite get their bat to translate to the MLB level.
That's what happened for Jerar Encarnacion with the San Francisco Giants . His whole life, he could rake. But in the majors, things were harder, and he struggled.
That has led Encarnacion to leave stateside baseball for a new beginning. He's heading to Japan to sign with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. As the stats in this post below show, Encarnacion hasn't been good enough in the majors but has formed a positive reputation as a hitter at other levels: The DeNA BayStars are set to sign 1B/OF Jerar Encarnacion.
Encarnacion, 28, has a career . 599 OPS in 94 games at the MLB level and was recently DFA’d by the San Francisco Giants. He posted a 1.