This may very well be a irritating season for Toronto Blue Jays followers. Not essentially by way of wins and losses, however by way of the sideshow the Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scenario is about to change into.
As tough because it may be, and as disappointing because it may be, they could must get themselves out in entrance of it and take into account doing the one factor they’ve been in a position to keep away from and persistently not even entertain.
They may have to think about buying and selling him.
Guerrero Jr. is coming into the ultimate yr of his contract and is about to change into one of many high free brokers out there subsequent winter.
The Blue Jays’ precedence all alongside was to attempt to re-sign him this offseason to forestall that from taking place, however the two sides had been unable to strike a deal earlier than his self-imposed deadline of the beginning of spring coaching. He made it identified that if a deal was not finalized earlier than then, he was not going to barter in the course of the season.
That deadline has come and gone.
Whereas there’s actually lots of incentive for the Blue Jays to do every thing of their energy to attempt to compete for a playoff spot in what’s prone to be his closing yr with the staff, there’s a very actual risk your complete scenario goes to change into an intense distraction. The season has not even began but and Guerrero Jr. is already speaking about his potential free company with the New York media, as he did this weekend with Jon Heyman of the New York Publish.
