Actually, I’m thinking that Valencia is just trolling me here. From his Twitter feed:
Just got done working out, best shape of my life!!! Now to the field!
In other news, the USA Today Daily Pitch blog has begun tracking “best shape of his life” stories. The more the merrier, but really USA Today: you have quite a deficit to make up if you want to get on top of this little cul-de-sac of the baseball world.