Fat shaming for professional athletes don't make sense to me since it's not an attack on his appearance for the sake of it. It's a criticism because it DOES effect his performance as an athlete. For majority of active sports, you need to have a certain type of physique if you're going to perform at the level required for it.
There's many cases of players who've had potential to amount to something, but their nutrition/weight is what held them back. Having those same concerns with Vladdy is complete valid because it is effecting his game, and as a result his ceiling currently.
Everyone in the baseball world wants him to cut down the weight, because if he doesn't, he's not going to live up to his potential, which mostly will be detrimental to him.
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