In the just-completed 2024-2025 MLB offseason, the biggest soap opera, at least for the first five weeks after the World Series, was the free agent pursuit of generational slugger Juan Soto. The drama concluded when Soto signed with the New York Mets for a record-smashing $765 million over 13 years.

Clearly, the Blue Jays' goal is to make the playoffs and convince Guerrero to stay. If they're on the fringes of the postseason race by the trade deadline, though, they'll have an excruciatingly tough decision to make: Sell Guerrero for a haul of prospects or try to sell him on staying and risk losing him for nothing?

Today The Jays were playing a rather forgettable spring game in Montreal (where Vlad was born). Nothing much happened until the bottom of the ninth inning. The score was 0-0 when Vladimir Guerrero approached the plate,