Most of thats out of the teams hands though. Vlad has to want to do that for himself. You can force him to lose weight but that severely damage the relationship with the player.
You can’t really call a trade for a middle reliever a failure lol. Getting anything that could reach the big leagues for him should be considered a success.
Cody Bellinger eyes are going to light up when he gets to face this pitching. Honestly wouldn’tt be surprised if hit 4 or 5 homeruns in the 3 game series. God hes fun to watch.
To be fair they really have been beating up on s*** teams. Lots of good teams coming up that will beat up on this pitching. With that being said its good for the kids to get a taste for winning. It will fuel that hunger even more when things don’t go well.
It would be a shame if Vlad can’t stay at third base because he has plenty of arm. He’s turned a couple double plays I don’t think a third baseman with average arm strength could turn.