After 65 games, the statistics of the Dominican bear witness to everything.
Guerrero Jr., who has never been in doubt, is the home runner in MLB. He has 22, which is – before Wednesday’s games – two more than Fernando Tatis Jr. and four more than Ronald Acuna and Shohei Ohtani, the other faces of the new generation of hitters.
His 22 long balls are also a personal best. In fact, he only took 46 games to match his former mark of 15 home runs he set in 123 games in his rookie season, a sign that this 2021 campaign is nothing like what he offered by the past.
Across all of Major League Baseball, the Blue Jays first baseman is also 1is in the RBI column (56), in those for goal attendance average (450) and power average (1139). It is 2e for batting average (345) and 3e for hits (80). In short, he excels at batting.
Guerrero fils was announced on April 27 against the Nationals from Washington. He had hit three home runs and produced seven runs on his own, becoming the youngest player to achieve such a feat in major league baseball. The Blue Jays won 9-5.
Most recently, against the Boston Red Sox, “Vladdy”, as his teammates call him, showed no sign of slowing down. He hit four home runs in as many games and produced eight runs to help Toronto stomp its rivals. Receiver Christian Vázquez then said that Guerrero son seemed see the ball as a balloon
so he gave the impression of being dominant at the bat.
Rather reserved during his press briefings, the 22-year-old Dominican remained true to himself on Tuesday when the time came to talk about his prowess with journalists. In short, he wants to do as much as possible for his team.
But does he sometimes look at his statistics? Non.
Not even a little? No, except maybe for my home runs.
So, is he proud of his home run tally so far? Yes.
Asked about him on Monday, his reliever teammate Trent Thornton confessed he wouldn’t know what to do to make Guerrero Jr. pay if he was sent to the mound to face him. He hits everything and he hits everything with force
, he shared.
Guerrero Jr. is indeed one of baseball’s strongest hitters this season. It shoots the bullet at an average of 153 km / h. Only Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees hits harder.
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La locomotive des Blue Jays
The first baseman of the Blue Jays does so well that he’s even at the heart of conversations to be voted the American League MVP at the end of the season. According to several reputable betting sites, he is the favorite at this point.
His father, Vladimir Guerrero, has only won the American League MVP award once in his career. It was in 2004 when he was playing for the Angels from Los Angeles. His statistics after 60 games in 2004 and those of his son currently are surprisingly similar.
Sign that the son has also caught the eye of fans despite the temporary move of his team to the United States, the young star of Blue Jays also led the popular vote on June 14 in anticipation of the All-Star Game. If elected, he would take part in the event for the very first time in his career.
The main interested party does not know if he will be in the home run competition in the all-star game this year. He was invited there in 2019 and lost in the final. Right now I’m saying yes more than no, but I don’t know yet
, he said on Tuesday.
One thing is certain, every game of Blue Jays It looks a bit like a home run competition when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. shows up at bat these days. He just has to hope that his team is inspired by his successes to win a little more.
After 65 games, Toronto has an unattractive record of 33 wins and 32 losses. The team is 4e in the American East Division, a rank that wouldn’t be enough to make her a place in the playoffs if they were to start today.
