BlueJays president Mark Shapiro: “Of all the things I’ve thought about with translating Vladdy to the big leagues, handling the expectations, handling the environment are not things I’m worrying about.”
and making his major-league debut Friday, there’s been a lot of discussion centred around whether the No. 1 prospect will be able to handle the near-impossible expectations and hope that’s now been thrust upon a 20-year-old kid.
“Of all the things I’ve thought about with translating Vladdy to the big leagues, handling the expectations, handling the environment are not things I’m worrying about,” Shapiro said on Prime Time Sports Friday. “I think there are some benefits to a player having grown up in the shadows of a hall-of-fame father, a player having grown up in a major-league setting by the time he can remember – having seen that stage and that setting.
In the end, though, like he’s done throughout his minor-league career, Guerrero Jr. will settle down and play to the level his talent dictates he should, Shapiro says.
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