Blue Jays: Is Bo Bichette next for service time manipulation?

There’s a reason that ladimir Guerrero Jr. likely won’t start the season in the big leagues, and why we might not see Bo Bichette in Toronto at all in 2019.

By now it’s pretty common knowledge that Vladimir Guerrero Jr. seems destined to start the 2019 season in Buffalo playing in Triple-A. He’s already proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that he’s ready to hit at the highest level last year, but that’s not what his delay is about.

You’ll likely hear a few different “reasons” for why he’ll start the year in Triple-A, but in reality there is only one: so the Blue Jays can gain an additional year of contract control. MLB players have a running total on their major league service time (read more…