Just what the Yankees needed: Another home run hitter

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So it should come as no surprise that for his first major move of the 2019 trading season, New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman added Edwin Encarnacion to a lineup that within the next 10 days is likely to welcome back Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge, who combined for 111 home runs in 2017. At first glance, it might seem that the Yankees need Encarnacion -- who leads the AL with 21 home runs -- about as much as Jeff Bezos needs your spare change. And in fact, Cashman admitted on Monday that the addition of Encarnacion, who has 401 career home runs and averaged 37 dingers a year for the past seven seasons, represents no more than “incremental improvement'' to the Yankees lineup.

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