Vlady Jr. is making a joke out of Double-A baseball. He&#8217;s only 19 years old. At this point, there isn&#8217;t much to be said that hasn&#8217;t already been said. Let&#8217;s just sit back and watch our Large Adult Son do his thing.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">Some Vladimir Guerrero Jr. highlights from last night. <a href="https://t.co/B6pu5wrkP2">pic.twitter.com/B6pu5wrkP2</a>&mdash; Ben Badler (@BenBadler) <a href="https://twitter.com/BenBadler/status/991313656964091905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2018</a></blockquote>
Vlady went two-for-four last night against Reading with a walk and two strikeouts. He smacks a single over the third baseman, he drills an opposite field double off the wall, he takes a walk, and he&#8217;s involved in two nice fielding plays, one at second base, in this clip.
For the season (20 games), he&#8217;s slashing a .380/.442/.582 line with two homers and 25 RBIs. Perhaps the most impressive part is the fact he&#8217;s walked as many times as he&#8217;s struck out. And, remember, he&#8217;s the youngest player at the level.
Honestly, he&#8217;s probably good enough to play at the Major League level right now. It isn&#8217;t going to happen, though. The Jays aren&#8217;t going to rush this kid, just like the Braves didn&#8217;t rush Ronald Acuna Jr., who was finally called up earlier this week, ultimately to maximize their control over his cheap years.
<h1>Elsewhere in the Minors&#8230;</h1>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">Cavan Biggio has a lot of natural loft in his swing. Has been consistently 40+% FB rate with an uptick to 60% in 18. FSL flyballs die in the humidity leading to his poor .233 average in 2017. Not surprised that AA has seen better results stat wise.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueJays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlueJays</a>&mdash; Jason Woodell (@JasonAtTheGame) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonAtTheGame/status/991320497047687169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2018</a></blockquote>
Like I said, the Fisher Cats&#8217; stats gives me life. The team is 14-7, which is the best record in the Eastern League.
Also killing it at Double-A is Cavan Biggio, another prospect with great bloodlines who sorta gets overlooked because of Bo and Vlad. Biggio, who was Toronto&#8217;s fifth-round pick in 2016, has a 1.016 OPS through 18 games. On the pitching side, Sean Reid-Foley, who had a disappointing 2017 season, appears to have found himself in his second go-around at Double-A. Through four starts (23 1/3 innings), Reid-Foley has allowed just three runs on 11 hits and 10 walks. The team&#8217;s bullpen has also been ridiculously good. Conor Fisk, Zach Jackson, Justin Shafer, Danny Young, and Andrew Case have combined to allow six runs in 55 innings.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" align="center" data-width="550" data-lang="en" data-dnt="true" data-partner="jetpack">Bet it&#39;s the Lugnuts... bet it&#39;s the Lugnuts... *click* <a href="https://t.co/a9CN3koTa8">https://t.co/a9CN3koTa8</a>&mdash; Jesse Goldberg-Strassler (@jgoldstrass) <a href="https://twitter.com/jgoldstrass/status/991058750596374531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2018</a></blockquote>
Look, I&#8217;m not going to pretend to be an expert about the deeper depths of the Jays&#8217; farm system, but the Lansing Lugnuts are sitting with the best record in their division right now at 16-8. Let&#8217;s dive in!
This Yennsy Diaz guy I hadn&#8217;t heard about until this year is absolutely dominating Low-A. Through 28 2/3 innings, he&#8217;s allowed one earned run. One! He&#8217;s surrendered six hits, 13 walks, and he&#8217;s colelcted 29 strikeouts. Kacy Clemens is leading the charge offensively through 21 games as he has an OPS of 1.046 and four homers, but there are two 19-year-olds, Cullen Large and Christian Williams, who both sport an OPS over .800. Pay attention to this team!

Vlady Jr. is making a joke out of Double-A baseball. He's only 19 years old. At this point, there isn't much to be said that hasn't already been said. Let's just sit back and watch our Large Adult Son do his thing.



[tweet https://twitter.com/BenBadler/status/991313656964091905 hide_thread='true' align='center']

Vlady went two-for-four last night against Reading with a walk and two strikeouts. He smacks a single over the third baseman, he drills an opposite field double off the wall, he takes a walk, and he's involved in two nice fielding plays, one at second base, in this clip.

For the season (20 games), he's slashing a .380/.442/.582 line with two homers and 25 RBIs. Perhaps the most impressive part is the fact he's walked as many times as he's struck out. And, remember, he's the youngest player at the level.

Honestly, he's probably good enough to play at the Major League level right now. It isn't going to happen, though. The Jays aren't going to rush this kid, just like the Braves didn't rush Ronald Acuna Jr., who was finally called up earlier this week, ultimately to maximize their control over his cheap years.
<h1>Elsewhere in the Minors...</h1>
[tweet https://twitter.com/JasonAtTheGame/status/991320497047687169 hide_thread='true' align='center']

Like I said, the Fisher Cats' stats gives me life. The team is 14-7, which is the best record in the Eastern League.

Also killing it at Double-A is Cavan Biggio, another prospect with great bloodlines who sorta gets overlooked because of Bo and Vlad. Biggio, who was Toronto's fifth-round pick in 2016, has a 1.016 OPS through 18 games. On the pitching side, Sean Reid-Foley, who had a disappointing 2017 season, appears to have found himself in his second go-around at Double-A. Through four starts (23 1/3 innings), Reid-Foley has allowed just three runs on 11 hits and 10 walks. The team's bullpen has also been ridiculously good. Conor Fisk, Zach Jackson, Justin Shafer, Danny Young, and Andrew Case have combined to allow six runs in 55 innings.

[tweet https://twitter.com/jgoldstrass/status/991058750596374531 hide_thread='true' align='center']

Look, I'm not going to pretend to be an expert about the deeper depths of the Jays' farm system, but the Lansing Lugnuts are sitting with the best record in their division right now at 16-8. Let's dive in!

This Yennsy Diaz guy I hadn't heard about until this year is absolutely dominating Low-A. Through 28 2/3 innings, he's allowed one earned run. One! He's surrendered six hits, 13 walks, and he's colelcted 29 strikeouts. Kacy Clemens is leading the charge offensively through 21 games as he has an OPS of 1.046 and four homers, but there are two 19-year-olds, Cullen Large and Christian Williams, who both sport an OPS over .800. Pay attention to this team!

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