Article: Late Valentine’s Day Heartbreak for Blue Jays Fans: What Are We Without Vlad?

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On 2/19/2025 at 7:17 AM, Eat My Shatkins said:

I disagree with the ongoing and growing narrative that the Jays have messed the Vlad/Bo situation up.

Truth is these are good players but they are not superstars and they have been very inconsistent throughout their careers, and giving them the superstar level contracts they want in order to keep them here could end up being a far worse move long term than just letting them play out the string and see where the chips fall.

It's been a struggle for the FO to build a winning team around these two when they're young and relatively cheap, imagine trying to build around them when they are 30+ and carrying superstar price tags.

I agree about the inconsistencies of Vlad in many different ways from his weight issues that came up early in his career and the inconsistencies with the bat, but there is a superstar bat in there. Bo just had a bad season last year for the first time and dealt with injuries, he only played 13 games in the 2nd half. He's been far more consistent than Vladito, he's a star, not a superstar. Bo will bounce back this season to his normal 4-5 fWAR numbers.  It'd be sweet to get 10 wins from them like '21, lets go!