Why do we care if we 'start the clock' early, I mean s*** hes getting called up next year for sure at the very least, the difference between potentially losing him 1 year early due to free agency is negligible as far as I'm concerned.
Also did people forget the financial backing the Jays organization has, they are currently 8th in payroll and could easily jump to top 5 if push came to shove, and signing Vlad doesn't seem to be out of the question, ffs he signed with them once already.
Call him up, cut Morales, rotate vlad and JD at 1st/3rd/DH and lets watch some FUN baseball not this dog s*** they've been running out there everyday for the past couple weeks.