Jerar Encarnacion

The Giants signed Encarnacion away from the Mexican League last May and then called him up to the majors in August after he posted a 1.054 OPS with 10 home runs in just 33 games with Triple-A Sacramento. Encarnacion offered a mixed bag during his brief 35-game stint in San Francisco. He had just a 34:5 K:BB in 119 plate appearances, but the 27-year-old popped five homers and put up some eye-popping Statcast numbers with a 58.8 percent hard-hit rate, 95 mph average exit velocity and 15 percent barrel rate. It's pretty clear that the raw pop is there with Encarnacion, who has 50 home runs in 223 career games at the Triple-A level. The question is whether he'll be able to make enough contact to get to it, as he also struck out at a 33.6 percent clip at Triple-A. If you squint you could see a deep-league power sleeper here, but it's probably likelier that Encarnacion never gets a long-term look in the big leagues. Read Past Outlooks