He Was the Worst 3B in Baseball. Then He Became a Superstar... 

Doesnt matter where he ended his career, he is a jay for life

Will never forget that wild card game winning homer he hit

Man, that 15-16 crew was so fun to watch! I miss that severely..... Edwin was amazing and super entertaining. I was there when he hit that HR to beat the Orioles and the ball landed literally 10 or so feet away from me. The stadium shook that day 😢.

"despite having a decent squad" is something we say a lot in Toronto

The way the Toronto Blue Jays rescued both Edwin Encarnacion’s AND Jose Bautista’s careers is amazing.

Was at the Dome for his 2016 Wild card HR... unforgettable moment!

EZ... It's not a single HR I remember. It is the day he hit 3 in a game in Toronto.... And the fans treated him to a (Hat Trick). We Canucks threw our baseball hats on the field in celebration!! He had no idea what was happening!!

I don’t know how many casual baseball fans will think of Hunter Dozier or Nick Maton as the worst 3rd baseman

When Edwin won the 2016 Wild Card Game, his celebration with arms raised in the air mirrors Roberto Alomar's historic home run against Oakland's Dennis Eckersley in the 1992 ALCS. This is probably no accident.

I miss those jays

So happy to see him in the jays dugout as a new coach, Toronto legend!! 🦜🦜🦜

Still wear his jersey! Edwin & Jose Bautista were both late bloomers & watching them play was the most fun I've had as a Jays fan... don't get me wrong back 2 back ws were fun too ;o)

E5!!!! He became a such a beast once he left the hot corner. I miss the 🦜

It's great to see him back in a Jays uniform as a strong mentor for Vladdy ❤

Ill never forget his 3 homerun game against the Tigers. Best game ive seen in person so far.

My father’s favourite player, while mine was Jose Bautista. Man I miss those days.

Edwin, Jose, and Josh are Jays legends, right up there with the best! I was at the triple home run game against Detroit in 2015 and man that was a WILD game. Had nose bleeds and almost didn't go. So glad I did!

When he was first traded to Toronto both my brother and I couldnt stop laughing at him. My father said "You wait, he will be a star, he is a great Ballplayer" We laughed again. Guess whose laughing now? Got my EE autos, Jerseys and memorabilia now ..

It's so interesting to see his old batting stance because as a Jays fan, the low hands on the bat is something I think of as defining for his game

loved watching edwin in cleveland!!

Great post, A+! I'm so glad Edwin is back with the Jays. Hopefully he can provide his positive influence to young-ish players again. They need it.

I joined my brothers long time AL only auction fantasy baseball league in 2011, I had a rough first year learning how the league worked. Nobody took me seriously. When I threw out Edwin Encarnacion at the 2012 draft, everybody looked at me confused. And when I got him for $1, I was confused, but elated. I had heard about the work he put in in the off season. Everyone laughed at me for targeting him in the draft. They don't laugh at me anymore. And I don't let them forget. That one pick 12 years ago has stuck in the minds of everyone who is still in the league from that draft. While Encarnacion has remained my biggest steal ever, I do have a knack for finding the diamond in the rough. And every year just by getting in on the bidding for a "scrub" here and there, people get paranoid that I've targeted the next Edwin Encarnacion and will pay way more than they're worth just to keep me from getting them.

I thought Nacho Libre was singing about Edwin Encarnacion this whole time growing up

I remember that 3 homer game in Toronto where the fans treated it as a baseball hat trick and threw the hats on the field. Edwin had no idea why.

His breakout year I got him for literally nothing in 2 fantasy leagues. He won me both.

Good to see him back around the team as a hitting coach!

Miss him in Cleveland

I remember calling him E5 when he first started with the Jays. Couldn't make a play at 3rd became a Blue Jays legend after moving to 1st

The ungodly eruption coming from the Skydome when Edwin hit that 11th inning wild card bomb , may have been the loudest sound ever recorded in Canadian history.

His walk-off homerun vs Baltimore is the sweetest crack of the bat I've ever heard

Sometimes a change of scenery is all you need

The jays cooked themselves by signing kendrys and Jose over Edwin

The Britton game still haunts me...

the Edwing is what i remember still on Encarnacion

He was fun to watch play

I wish we could put the 15/16 Toronto offence with today’s pitching staff lol Maybe Sanchez and Osuna from back then in the bullpen now

Fellow Jays fan here, could you do a recap of Jose Bautista’s career as well? 🙏🏻 Love the Content as a new ⚾️fan

DOUBLE E 🔥

Im no jays fan but im proud of their decisions regarding contracts

As a Reds fan, this has depressed me for years. If not for Walt Jockety’s terrible moves, the Reds could have had Votto, Encarnacion and Josh Hamilton in their primes.

I can’t believe the Jays chose Morales over Edwin 💀

Crazy I didn’t know he had early career struggles

wow. im totally shocked that the A's fumbled this.

Good movie

Those Jays teams were very talented just underachieving

Vernon Wells doesn’t get the love he deserves but he was so good in Toronto.

You forgot to mention that the Reds practically begged the Jays to take Encarnacion, and well, yeah, the rest is history

Max muncy!!! 0:05

The parrot 🦜

EDDIE! EDDIE! EDDIE!

Crazy how Donaldson, Bautista, and Edwin were all nobodies

Would love to see one of these about Bautista ass wrll

Edwin was not a good 3B due to his mobility issues. But he certainly was a competent 1B man when he played there, Joey Votto had first base locked up in Cincinnati. The DH position was ideal for Edwin. But DH was ideal for a lot of "poor" fielders, if for whatever reason they didn't have a opportunity to play first.

Everyone in the gta loved edwin

E5!

The fake people in the stands was such a crazy time

superstar is a huge stretch

He played for the Yankees and I didn't even recognize his face :( (thumbnail)

Encarnacion is still loved in cincy even though he was never anything special while here

audio volume on this video is rather low

Back when baseball was normal

I sure hope he fired his agent after he signed with Cleveland. That dude cost him $20 million.

2016 walk off

Why don't the Blue Jays make him a Batting Coach?

Edwin couldve helped someone in 2021 i mean 10 homers in the 60 game covid season still probably wouldve hit 25 homers in a full season

Well I'm sure the Jay's would love to have him now cause they are not playing well .

This could be a great channel. But one can barely hear a thing without turning the volume all the way up! Please work in the volume...

I was wondering what happened to this guy

Hunter Dozier Had a superstar year so maybe not the right person lol.

Retire this Guys #!! Jays

Worst 3 bagger - Brett Lawrie

My favorite part of this video was the Vernon Wells highlight

Me 😂

The fun part of Encarnacion obviously declining in his two years with Cleveland is the fact that in order to overhaul his salary, they traded him and got All-Star 1B Carlos Santana from the Mariners. Both players hit 34 HRs that year, but Santana has a .911 OPS and 93 RBIs to .888 and 86 RBIs respectively. Mariners ownership wanted an older player so they could ship him off later so they could bring up Daniel Vogelbach. A white boy. The season after a woman got fired from the organization for quoting Mariners management saying Dominicans are dumb and lazy. Enjoy this remark on a joke franchise being the racist, joke franchise they've become.

Green light bro create your own brand and don’t use the jolly olive music

worst 3b was Vladdy, so bad he had to move to first

he could always get the ball but the throws were real bad for a major leaguer

Sneaky hall of fame candidate

So he sucked defensively and was a risk on 3B so the Jays made him DH. He couldn't play defense so why force it? Geniuses over at Rogers Centre

Worst 3rd baseman in baseball? Alex Bregman

1:15 the MLB's awful playoff format cucked the Jays for decades.

Hey always thought your thumbnail style for these videos has been great, the baseball channel momentum (Trevor bauers & eric sims channel) released a video 6 hours ago at the time of this comment and they pretty much copied these thumbnails you do, the background is the same positioning is the same just different player and word at the top. compared to them you are a small channel so seeing this is very unprofessional and i think it needs to be brought to your attention my man.

🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜🦜

It's called steroids.

Most casual fan that acc tries to make videos , so cringe

First off he was never the worst 3B in baseball. He showed promise early and had a bad three year stretch. Secondly, he was never a superstar. He never produced over 5 war in a season and finished with only 35 war for his career. Superstars produce seasons of over ten war, usually a few of them. He wasn’t even the best third baseman of that time period….that would be Adrian Beltre. I’d put him down the list behind Donaldson and Longoria also who are slightly younger but played during his peak. He went from really bad to really good but not worst to first.

Worst 3rd baseman i can remember is Miguel Sano. And the funny part is, he was DRASTICALLY worse at first base somehow. He just had a 3rd baseman instinct and a cannon arm but was just awful at fielding. Now imagine taking away his arm and his fielding instincts so you can put him at 1B. Zero glove, zero instinct, zero athleticism. Give him some goldilocks baseballs and he'll hit it 600 feet though. At least those 3 years when healthy.

Jose Reyes's best friend 👃🏿

If he fixes his swing and stance sooner, we're talking about a guy who might have hit 600hr

No, he was never a superstar. He had a very, very good career, but he was never a superstar.

He's a contender for the Hall Of Very Good 🤣