At this point, to deny that Guerrero’s bat belongs in the majors is to deny the earth’s orbit around the sun. (ArdenZwelling)
It was mid-April, 2019, when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit the ball off Bobby Poyner — the one that landed in a parking lot 450 feet away. You know, this one:
We all know the reasons why. Age, experience, development, defence, conditioning, and the language of baseball’s Collective Bargaining Agreement. Guerrero was never going to be called up last year, no matter how many walk-off bombs he hit. And once the calendar turned to 2019, he was never going to be called up any earlier than 15 days into the season, before the Blue Jays could delay his service clock long enough to gain an additional year of contractual control.
The final hurdle may be simply playing games. The Blue Jays have indicated they’d prefer to see Guerrero compete on three consecutive days before finally calling him up — as if that arbitrary achievement will do anything more to confirm what he’s already proven with each home run mightier than the last. The planet certainly isn’t cooperating. This weekend in Buffalo, the Bisons were able to play only two innings of their three scheduled games thanks to persistent and heavy rain.
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