Edwin Encarnacion was one of the defining pillars of the previous Toronto Blue Jays' core, before Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. were ever names that fans were keen on.
From 2012-16, he and José Bautista were the driving forces of the Blue Jays' first taste of real success since the 1990s. The first baseman hit .272/.367/.544 with a 146 OPS+ during that five-year stretched, which featured 193 home runs and 550 RBIs. Encarnacion was also a dominant force in the postseason, hitting seven extra-base hits and posting an .852 OPS between the team's back-to-back ALCS runs in 2015-16.