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The Vladimir Guerrero Jr. saga was always going to end one of two ways.
In one version of the ending, Guerrero leaves, either via trade at this year’s deadline or by signing with another team in free agency. The other version of the ending was the storybook alternative, in which the homegrown prospect-turned-star stays for the next decade-plus in the city that he helped bring back to baseball relevance.
Given the way the past few seasons have gone — and the two sides’ failure to get an extension done during the offseason — the former was looking like the far more likely outcome.