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DUNEDIN, Fla. – Blue Jays slugger Edwin Encarnacion was back on the Florida Auto Exchange Stadium field on Thursday morning stretching and loosening up, just a couple of days after suffering a minor oblique issue.

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Manager John Gibbons said on Tuesday the Encarnacion would be shut down for at least one week because of the problem, so Thursday’s sighting was good news.

“Progress,” said Gibbons. “The fact that he’s out there is a pretty good sign. They don’t think it’s a big deal anyway, but he feels better so that’s the report they give me every day. I don’t think it will be too much longer.”

Encarnacion already has missed more than two weeks of spring training recovering from an abscessed tooth that was pulled Feb. 28 but is not expected to miss the opening of the regular season on April 3. He batted .277 with 39 homers and 111 RBIs last season.