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Juan Encarnacion

7/24/2006

Encarnacion homered twice as St. Louis beat Los Angeles 6-1 on Sunday.

12/23/2005

Encarnacion agreed to a $15 million, three-year deal with the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday. The 29-year-old outfielder gets $3.5 million next year, $5 million in 2007 and $6.5 million in 2008. Last season for Florida, he hit .287 with 16 home runs and 76 RBIs.

8/26/2005

After missing several days with a sore left wrist, Encarnacion returned to the Florida Marlins' starting lineup on Thursday, going 2-for-4 with a strikeout in a win over the Milwaukee Brewers. The outfielder has been battling the injury off and on for more than a month, and it appears it likely will be a nagging issue the rest of the season.

8/21/2005

Encarnacion's sore left wrist continues to give him problems, and he might be absent from the Marlins' lineup for Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The outfielder, who has been nursing the injury for more than a month, left in the third inning of Saturday's contest and was replaced by Juan Pierre. He is listed as day-to-day.

8/9/2005

Encarnacion continues to battle some pain in his left wrist, but he's shown progress over the last few days and hopes to be back in the Marlins' lineup by the end of the week. The outfielder has not taken the field since going 0-for-3 in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals last Thursday.

7/11/2005

Encarnacion has been absent from the Marlins' lineup the past two days after taking a pitch off his left forearm late in Friday's loss to the Chicago Cubs. Precautionary X-rays were negative, but the outfielder had a nasty bruise and was battling quite a bit of pain. He plans to be ready for action following this week's All-Star break.

7/9/2005

Encarnacion may sit Saturday after suffering a bruised left forearm when he was hit by a pitch in the 9th inning of Friday's game against the Cubs. X-rays were negative.

4/21/2005

Going 3-for-5 with a homer in Wednesday's victory over the New York Mets, Encarnacion extended his current hitting streak to five games. Over that span, the Marlins' outfielder is 9-for-21 with five doubles, one home run, nine RBI and six runs scored.

Encarnacion is showing why the Florida Marlins gave him the right-field job over veteran Jeff Conine to start the season. In 15 contests, he is batting .321 with three homers -- including two grand slams -- and 17 RBI. He has yet to steal a base.

4/11/2005

Encarnacion is showing why the Florida Marlins gave him the right-field job over veteran Jeff Conine to start the season. He has at least one hit in each of his six games this season, including two grand slams -- one coming on Opening Day and the other in Sunday's victory over the Washington Nationals. He now has three grand slams in his major league career.

For the season, Encarnacion is batting .304 with a double, two home runs and eight RBI. As long as he continues to produce, he'll be in the lineup on a daily basis. In addition to his power potential, Encarnacion has enough speed to notch double-digit stolen bases.

4/5/2005

Jeff Conine was expected to begin the season in right field for the Florida Marlins, but the team has given the nod to Encarnacion instead. The younger Encarnacion was solid in 23 exhibition games this spring, batting .290 with three doubles, one home run, 12 RBI and a stolen base.

If Encarnacion struggles in the starting role, the Marlins likely won't be hesitant to turn back to Conine. Encarnacion split the 2004 campaign between the Marlins and Dodgers, batting .236 with 16 home runs, 62 RBI and five stolen bases in 135 games.