Toronto should call up Vlad Jr...now

[Pure Steel]

was just gonna post this

hes coming up, he has to

Swings just like his dad......The bat that is.....

 

[molsaniceman]

Swings just like his dad......The bat that is.....

 

[Rock Strongo]

Swings just like his dad......The bat that is.....

 

[black francis]

no reason to bring him up. The East is already a two team race, they have a 3b, and there is no reason to start the free agency clock.

See if he fails at AAA first, and how he recovers from that

 

[broncosmitty]

Lol @ complaining a 19 year old with a month of non A ball expierience isn't in the Blue Jays lineup because of future financial reasons.

 

[Rock Strongo]

no reason to bring him up. The East is already a two team race, they have a 3b, and there is no reason to start the free agency clock.

See if he fails at AAA first, and how he recovers from that

AA is more of a proving ground than AAA.

morales is flailing. DH the kid.

 

[black francis]

AA is more of a proving ground than AAA.

morales is flailing. DH the kid.

true. I was thinking more about the pitchers who actually have some major league experience. Most AA pitchers do not.

 

[Rock Strongo]

true. I was thinking more about the pitchers who actually have some major league experience. Most AA pitchers do not.

he would be an instant "tune in to watch" guy. he would bring casual jays fans in, and to the TV.

 

[raptorlife4]

true. I was thinking more about the pitchers who actually have some major league experience. Most AA pitchers do not.

Vlad will never see AAA

 

[black francis]

he would be an instant "tune in to watch" guy. he would bring casual jays fans in, and to the TV.

outside of Heatwave, aren't ALL Blow Jays fans casual?

 

[raptorlife4]

outside of Heatwave, aren't ALL Blow Jays fans casual?

Check attendance in MLB the last 5 years

 

[black francis]

Check attendance in MLB the last 5 years

2018 - #16
2017 - #5 (80% capacity)
2016 - #3 (85%)
2015 - #8 (70%)
2014 - #17 (59%)

6 million people in metro Toronto

 

[raptorlife4]

2018 - #16
2017 - #5 (80% capacity)
2016 - #3 (85%)
2015 - #8 (70%)
2014 - #17 (59%)

6 million people in metro Toronto

And TV ratings

 

[raptorlife4]

2 more homers tonight for Vlad Jr

 

[Rock Strongo]

2 more homers tonight for Vlad Jr

off the hotel

19-year-old Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. is destroying Double-A pitching

 

[Rock Strongo]

MLB Prospect Watch: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is destroying the minors, so when will the Blue Jays call him up?

At this point Guerrero's free agency has already been pushed back. The Blue Jays could call him up tomorrow and they'd have him for the remainder of the 2018 season plus six full years from 2019-24 before he qualifies for free agency. Vlad Jr. would be a Super Two, however, meaning he'd go through arbitration four times instead of three, raising his future salaries.

 

[JohnU]

I drafted him this year, thinking theres an outside shot he gets a call. acuna did.

Prospect Heat Check: Is MLB ready for a 19-year-old hitting prodigy?

fucking service time is preventing it:

Unfortunately, the game does not work like this, and so we’re left to ogle from afar the terror Guerrero is inflicting on Double-A pitchers. After another two-hit game Monday, Guerrero was hitting .380/.442/.582. He had just 10 strikeouts in 79 at-bats, matched by 10 walks. And a pair of longtime scouts who have seen him in recent weeks agreed when asked about Guerrero in a Blue Jays uniform.

“He’s ready,” one said.

“He’d hit in the big leagues today,” the other said.

Because it is the furthest thing from Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro’s style to summon a cornerstone-type player without taking into account service-time considerations, the prospect of Guerrero debuting in the big leagues on the cusp of his father’s Hall of Fame induction is unlikely. Still, there is a case to be made that it could w

Let’s first acknowledge the obvious: It would start his service clock earlier than any player since Alex Rodriguez arrived nearly a quarter-century ago. At his July 8, 1994, debut, A-Rod was 18 years, 346 days old. Today, Vlad Jr. is 19 years, 46 days – younger than Adrian Beltre (19.078), Andruw Jones (19.114), Ken Griffey Jr. (19.133), Bryce Harper (19.195), Pudge Rodriguez (19.205) or Mike Trout (19.335) at theirs. Understandably, the Blue Jays do not want to run the risk of losing him to free agency in his prime.

I think it's funny that these scribes quote these unnamed scouts who say exactly what the writer wants them to say. "He's ready," one said.
Geez, is there something about that comment that doesn't smell like a quote that the writer made up because it fits his story? I mean, name the fucker. It's not like this is some kind of double-secret classified comment.

"Yep, he's ready," the other scout says.

Well, that legitimizes the comment made by the first guy. I mean, get two fake sources, right?

 

[JohnU]

he would be an instant "tune in to watch" guy. he would bring casual jays fans in, and to the TV.

Wouldn't have quite the suck-off charm of Ohtani but yeah, I'd like to see the guy hit. Eventually. Double-A is not the bigs.

 

[Rock Strongo]

Wouldn't have quite the suck-off charm of Ohtani but yeah, I'd like to see the guy hit. Eventually. Double-A is not the bigs.

its a better proving ground than AAA

 

[JohnU]

its a better proving ground than AAA

I always heard that AA is where the prospects are located and AAA is where the bodies are buried. I suppose it depends on the hitter. The lights are not as bright in the minors, there's one deck on the stadium and not everybody can get you out. But hitters are hitters. He would probably struggle for awhile.