According to FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal, the Cleveland Indians are still “staying in touch” with outfielder-ish Jose Bautista. That sounds like a lot of nothing, especially in the barren wasteland of January baseball news, but the first rumblings of the Indians an Edwin Encarnacion started with the Tribe front office “checking in on” the slugger, so I’m not counting anything out completely.
Well, not completely, but mostly. The Indians’ payroll currently sits at around $110.3 million, according to Spotrac. And that’s with Brandon Guyer still to be signed through arbitration.