It’s finally time: The top prospect in Major League Baseball is coming to the show. The Blue Jays called up Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to make his MLB debut on Friday. The son of the Hall of Famer has been tearing up the Minor Leagues for the past several years, and now we’ll see what he can do in Toronto. Elsewhere, the Yankees have yet another injury, the Angels have a new closer, Gio Gonzalez has a new team and Pedro Strop needs a new car (but he’s still the closer).
Remember Vlad the Impaler? This is the second coming. Many thought the Blue Jays could have or should have called up Guerrero last year, but they took their time and gained an extra year of contract control of the phenom in the process.
.@BlueJays recall 3B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. from Triple-A Buffalo. #MLBOnTheMove pic.twitter.com/5If788fwXQ
— MLBRosterMoves (@MLBRosterMoves) April 24, 2019
The Yankees keep winning, and they keep racking up more injuries. How long that can keep up is anybody’s guess, but for now it works. The latest victim is Clint Frazier. Oh, and Giancarlo Stanton’s recovery has stalled, too.
Oh, hi. It’s April 25. Here’s your updated Yankees IL tally:
–Jacoby Ellsbury
–Jordan Montgomery
–Didi Gregorius
–Luis Severino
–Ben Heller
–Dellin Betances
–Aaron Hicks
–Giancarlo Stanton
–Miguel Andujar
–Troy Tulowitzki
–Greg Bird
–Aaron Judge
–Clint Frazier— Coley Harvey (@ColeyHarvey) April 25, 2019
Cody Allen has struggled mightily ifor the Angels in the early-going, and Wednesday the team made the move to remove him as closer, at least temporarily.
Cody Allen is not the #Angels closer right now, Brad Ausmus said. They are going to use some other guys while they try to get him back pitching well.
— Jeff Fletcher (@JeffFletcherOCR) April 24, 2019
Pedro Strop has no such problems for the Cubs, but he had another issue Thursday night: His car was stolen. He was out talking to police in the parking lot when he was called in to close out the Dodgers.
Cubs closer Pedro Strop had quite the day/night. His car was stolen before the game so he was dealing with that “until the fourth inning” when he told police “I might have to pitch. I have to go.” Says the car was later involved in a police chase. He… https://t.co/P3B55jOZlQ
— Jesse Rogers (@ESPNChiCubs) April 25, 2019
The Yankees released starting pitcher Gio Gonzalez last week, and he has a new home in Milwaukee.
Brewers To Sign Gio Gonzalez https://t.co/i8clnWYwT6 pic.twitter.com/z7zClYOGby
— MLB Trade Rumors (@mlbtraderumors) April 24, 2019
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• AP source: Gio González, Brewers agree to 1-year, $2M deal | Associated Press
