Under normal circumstances he would have showed up fat to spring training and they would have moved him to first base and he would have had a month to work practice at the position. Just so happened that he was fit for ST, then we had lockdown for a few months and the season was delayed. When the season finally began he was fat as fk and they realized that he wouldn’t be able to manage third.
I would blame Vlad for being unable to control his weight.