“Do I like it? No. But I understand it.” While the BlueJays faithful revel in the long-awaited start to Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s big-league career, former Jays veteran Russell Martin offered his thoughts on the reason for that long wait.
Despite Guerrero Jr. reigning as one of baseball’s top prospects — if not No. 1 altogether — for years, the Blue Jays delayed the 20-year-old’s major league debut ostensibly to guarantee an extra year of control over their potential superstar .
“They can say whatever they want. They try to make smart decisions. Whether they want to admit it or not, it is a business move, right?” Martin said. “Whether we criticize it or not, they have a purpose to what they do.” “They’re trying to find the time where they’re going to have the best window. That’s just what it is,” Martin told Shaikin. “What if you get one up too early, and you get to a point three or four or five years down the road where you need the cash to get that one free agent you want and, if you would have waited that extra month, you could have had him?”
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