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Originally Posted by ben voyonsdonc
Vlad is costing himself hundreds of millions. Anyone with eyes can see that he’s not a guy that you want as a core member of a winning team. He’s a solid supplemental piece. He has never proven that he can do big things at important moments.
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I agree but I'm split daily in my own thinking. He's shown incredible potential in the past. For more than one season, even when pitchers did adjust to him. He's not worth the big bucks but at this moment if I were the Jays I'd try and lock him to a 6 year deal worth ~$20M. His average isn't particularly bad, so he does have a bit of a eye still left over. If you can get him to somehow sign for cheap by hedging your bets, you may have a guy who outplays his contract. Little chance he does worse as time goes on.