I read an earlier article that contemplated where Vladdy would land in free agency, now that he's ruled the Jays to be only co-competitors with other teams.
One of the projected destinations was New York. As in Yankees. If you know the history, you would have shaken your head at that point.
But here, this morning, is this headline:
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. says he would sign with Yankees in free agency despite old comments: 'It's in the past'
This made me chuckle.
For those of you who don't know or don't remember, this is what he said:
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For reference, Guerrero said the following in 2022: "I like to play in New York. I like to kill the Yankees. I would never sign with the Yankees, not even (when I'm) dead," He had on multiple occasions since echoed that he would not consider the Yankees. "It goes back with my family," he said at one point. "That's my decision, and I will never change that."
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We took that as fierce Blue Jays loyalty at the time, or at least a genuine aversion to the New York Yankees. Fine, we can deal with that.
But here it is, money time, and now he was only fooling. Or something.
What a load of crap some of these professional athletes are. But then again, Brian and Hal will leap at the chance to sign him if they can.
In OOTPB, if I get one of those e-mails from a player complaining about his playing time, and the game has chosen a snide version of the message, the guy goes on the trading block immediately. I would be a terrible GM in real life.
