Vladimir Guerrero Jr. little by little he begins to get in shape during the Spring Trainingin view of the start of the regular season of Major League Baseball. On this occasion, the Dominican had an outstanding performance on March 9, in the victory of Toronto Blue Jays 13×5 ante Philadelphia Philliesin it BayCare Ballpark.
The openers of the commitment were Ricky Tiedemann, for the visit. While Taijuan Walker did the same for the locals. In the first two at-bats of the afternoon, the Toronto first baseman failed with a fly ball to center field and a strikeout, respectively. However, his second visit to the plate was tolerable, seeing almost the entire repertoire of the reliever. David Buchanan.
In total there were seven pitches, a sinker, three cutters, a slider, curveball and changeup. With the latter, he was fanned for the fifth time so far in Spring Training.
However, the revenge of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. It came at the best moment of the game. When the fifth inning had passed, he entered the batter’s box to face Buchanan again, with the bases loaded.
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Although the reliever was cautious, on a 2-1 count he left a 92 mph sinker inside the strike zone. Pitching more than favorable for “The K”, who quickly moved his hands to deposit the line ball along the third base line. The ball entered foul territory and ended up hitting the wall, this was enough for Cavan Biggio and George Springer to score.
This way, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. placed ahead Toronto Blue Jays on the 3×1 scoreboard. In the end, the Phillies were able to contain the opposing offense by not allowing any more scores in that inning.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. numbers
After seven games in the Spring Training The Dominican has an offensive line of .368/.400/.579 and an OBP of .979, the product of seven hits, a double and the same number of home runs. In addition, he scored one run and drove in four others, in a total of 19 at-bats. MLB.com numbers
Lastly, it is expected that Vladimir Guerrero Jr., have a leading role throughout the regular round of MLB, after projecting at least 154 hits, 30 home runs and driving in 89 runs. According to data from Baseball Reference.
2024-03-10 03:45:37
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