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TORONTO (AP) #8212;The Blue Jays plan to use Edwin Encarnacion(notes) all over thediamond next season.The infielder who mostly was the designated hitter for Toronto last seasonplayed 36 games at third base and 25 at first, along with 70 as the designatedhitter.General manager Alex Anthopoulous says the 28 year-old Encarnacion will addthe outfield to his repertoire by playing left field this winte football scores r. #8220;The fact that Edwin can play multiple positions, and now he #8217;s going to beplaying some left field in winter ball as well, will open up some flexibility, #8221;Anthopoulos said in a conference call Tuesday. #8220;As we sit here today, the rolewould primarily be DH but we like he can play some first, play some third andwe #8217;d like to find out a little bit more about him in left fi football scores eld. #8221; Anthopoulos said it is possible that the Blue Jays could add a designatedhitter in the offseason. #8220;We still have the flexibility if the DH spot comes open or someone becomesavailable, to go down that path, #8221; he said. #8220;I will say it #8217;s very low on thepriority list and we have a lot of other areas we #8217;d rather address first. #8221;The Blue Jays picked up a football scores $3.5 million option on Encarnacion on Monday. Bythe end of the season, Encarnacion routinely batted a spot or two behind sluggerJose Bautista(notes). He hit .272 with 36 doubles, 17 home runs and 55 RBIs.The one thing Anthopoulos said he didn #8217;t want to do is to includeEncarnacion in a left-field-by-committee situation.Eric Thames(notes), Travis Snider(notes) and Canadian Adam Loewen(notes) a football scores ll spent time in leftfield for Toronto last season. All three are left-handed, while Encarnacion is arighty. #8220;I wouldn #8217;t want to see him on the right-handed side of a platoon strictlybecause it would limit the number of at-bats, #8221; Anthopoulos said. #8220;If he #8217;s onlyfacing left-handers it would severely limit the at-bats that he #8217;d get over thecourse of a season. #8220; football scores We #8217;d like to try to get him at-bats wherever we can, unless we have theopportunity to upgrade as we go through the offseason, #8221; he added.Also, Anthopoulos wasn #8217;t sure if reliever Jon Rauch(notes) will be back. The BlueJays declined the 6-foot-10 right-hander #8217;s $3.75 million option for next seasonon Monday. #8220;We haven #8217;t closed the door on Jon being back with the clu football scores b because there #8217;sa lot of things that he does that we like, the strike throwing ability, themakeup of the player and all those things, #8221; said Anthopoulos. #8220;It #8217;s just rightnow, at the option price, we didn #8217;t want to lock ourselves into that contract atthis stage. #8221; Follow Yahoo! Sports' MLB coverage on Twitter. Updated Nov 1, 2:28 pm EDT football scores
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