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Originally Posted by Derek Sutton
You’re judging Vladdy on three games? How has he been a major disappointment? It’s not like he went 0-15 in the series. 4-14 is ok, had he gone 5-14 he’d batting off the charts. Defence was always a question mark for him. Expecting him to learn to play first in three week mini training camp is asking a lot. Not sure why they’d pick now to move him to first.
It does sound like the summer camp Vladdy showed up heavier then spring training Vladdy, so easy to question his fitness commitment now, but there’s a good chance he let himself go after spring trading was canceled and everyone thought there wouldn’t be a season.
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No I'm not judging Vladdy off of 3 games. He played over a 120 MLB games last year too, and had a barely above average 105 WRC+ which is a huge disappointment for a guy who was the #1 ranked prospect in all of baseball, raked at every level in the minors as a teenager, and tuned up AAA to a 180+ WRC+ as a 19 year old.
Hopefully he can make some adjustments, I'm sure he will...it's just a bit disappointing so far is all, especially when you combine it with the clear lack of proper conditioning that you expect a pro athlete to have.