Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Blue Jays: A Gamble That Could Make or Break Baseball’s Future
As the San Diego Padres’ extension with Jackson Merrill highlights, teams can’t count on players as good and young as Guerrero ever reaching the market, much less actually beating out the Los Angeles Dodgers, Mets or New York Yankees for them when they do.
This winter, Guerrero will headline the market alongside Kyle Tucker, the all-around outfielder now starring for the Chicago Cubs after the Houston Astros decided to trade him ahead of a free-agent payday that figures to be, well, astronomical (and deservedly so). Whether the Blue Jays make a similar calculation might depend on the team’s play in the first half.



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