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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
The downward trajectory Vladdy had is what I was talking about. Yeah he looks like a top 10 hitter i baseball when you include his MVP caliber 2021. Problem is he got worse the next year, and then even worse the next year after that, to the point where he was basically a 1 WAR overweight 1B that provided negative defense and baserunning and constantly made ridiculous mental mistakes that cost the team dearly.
How in the world could the Jays FO justify giving him a mega deal any time during 2022, 2023 or 2024?
But luckily for Vlad he went on a tear for the last half of 2024, and now that all the fans are mad at the FO for missing the playoffs last year, they want to blame them for not signing that guy to a massive deal when he looked to be circling the drain. I think most fans sentiments during the particularly bad 2023 season was "thank god we didn't sign Vladdy to a mega deal after 2021" I know that's what I was thinking.
Of course they're all changing their tune now after he was suddenly the best hitter in baseball last summer and fall.
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I’m not making excuses for him but it’s been rumoured his mom was very sick for awhile there. Not sure what the current status is of that but that would mess with someone and could be a reason for the mental shortcomings.