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It’s Vladito time

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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. turned 20 years old just 40 days ago. Tonight, he makes his major league debut with the Blue Jays against the Oakland A’s. The game is getting the national treatment by being on MLB Network, which is remarkable in and of itself. When’s the last time you can recall the league going out of its way to hype the debut of a prospect?

There has been so much hype around the consensus top prospect in Baseball that it feels a little bit surreal.