Good signing for the reigning, defending, undisputed world series champions of the world, and on the cheap.
And no, RDD, 20+ team aren't clamoring for those players because you're ignoring important context, like age, asking price and position. Encarnacion isn't exactly lighting up the market because he's limited defensively and he's on the wrong side of 30.
Bautista is in an even worse position. He's coming off a down year, he's been horrible defensively the last 3 years, and is pretty much a dh only on the wrong side of 35 and probably asking for more than he's worth.
Carlos Beltran's deal with Houston is probably what Bautista should be realistically expecting.
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