For the Blue Jays, the 2019 season promised to be the Year of Vlad. After committing violence against the minor leagues for two-plus years, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was coming to Toronto (or would be once the team was done messing with his service time). What excitement existed for what was going to be (and has been) an otherwise dismal campaign was reserved for watching Vlad Jr. pummel baseballs all summer long.
Yet as Toronto looks toward the future amid a dreary year, it’s another second-generation major leaguer who’s stolen Guerrero’s thunder up north.