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In one of the least surprising moves of the offseason, the Toronto Blue Jays have, more or less, announced they plan to keep top prospect Vlad Guerrero Jr. at Triple-A to start the season. As reported by Keegan Matheson of BaseballToronto.com, Jays GM Ross Atkins said “There's no firm timeline on when he arrives or when he is playing in Toronto for the first time,” adding that they want to make sure he's “the best possible third baseman and the best possible hitter he can be.” That's a variation on the old, cliche “we want him to work on his defense, thing, but it's the same excuse, even if gussied up a bit. Which is to say that the Jays fully plan on keeping Guerrero down on the farm until he cannot accrue a full year of service time in 2019, thereby pushing back his arbitration and free agency clock a year.
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