Yesterday Posnanski said it is, unanimous even, but I agree, Vlad still has a shot.
― clemenza, Monday, 6 September 2021 23:04 (two years ago) link
Assuming he doesn't get the Triple Crown, though, he'd probably have to hit lights out in some key games, and the Jays would probably have to make the playoffs to sway some voters. (Not looking to open up that argument, but I suspect it still factors in if the vote is close.)
― clemenza, Monday, 6 September 2021 23:06 (two years ago) link
Triple Crown stuff:
https://www.mlb.com/news/vladimir-guerrero-jr-triple-crown-watch-2021
Not only is Guerrero contending for an AL Triple Crown, but he also has an opportunity to become the first player in 65 years (since Mickey Mantle in 1956) to lead both the AL and NL in all three categories.
• Batting average: second in MLB (two points behind Trea Turner)• Home runs: tied for second in MLB (one behind Shohei Ohtani)• RBIs: fourth in MLB (four behind José Abreu and Salvador Perez)
― clemenza, Friday, 10 September 2021 13:26 (two years ago) link
Should a mod change the name to “vladimir guerreros.”?!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 10 September 2021 20:41 (two years ago) link
vladimirs guerrero imo
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 10 September 2021 22:46 (two years ago) link
Vladimi
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 10 September 2021 23:30 (two years ago) link
There is only ONE Vladimir Guerreros thread
― "HYYOOOOOOONK!" is the sound I make (Karl Malone), Friday, 10 September 2021 23:48 (two years ago) link
Important Vladimir Guerreros.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 11 September 2021 00:55 (two years ago) link
Home runs:1. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. -- 442. Shohei Ohtani -- 443. Salvador Perez -- 42
Batting average:1. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. -- .3192. Yuli Gurriel -- .3153. Michael Brantley -- .315
RBIs:1. José Abreu -- 1072. Salvador Perez -- 105T-3. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. -- 102T-3. Rafael Devers -- 102T-3. Teoscar Hernández -- 102
― "HYYOOOOOOONK!" is the sound I make (Karl Malone), Monday, 13 September 2021 22:32 (two years ago) link
back off, teoscar
― mookieproof, Monday, 13 September 2021 22:37 (two years ago) link
Baseball Reference WAR says two things: that one of Vladimir Guerrero's teammates was actually more valuable than Vlad was, and (2) that Carlos Correa was the best defensive player in the AL. I believe ONE of these conclusions. The other one is bat shit crazy.— Bill James Online (@billjamesonline) October 6, 2021
Doubt he'd have such strong feelings on Correa's defensive value.
― clemenza, Friday, 8 October 2021 17:49 (two years ago) link
lol Vladdy hit this 427 feet pic.twitter.com/GZef4HU0y1— Andrew Mearns (@MearnsPSA) April 14, 2022
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 April 2022 18:14 (two years ago) link
Blood-Stained Hand of the Vlad
― Andy K, Thursday, 14 April 2022 22:19 (two years ago) link
The Jays radio guys were saying how remarkably similar father and son are statistically to this point in their careers (404 games going into play today).
Senior: .312/.365/.562, 87 HR, 267 RBI
Junior: .284/.364/.513, 87 HR, 250 RBI
Seeing as Sr.'s numbers were compiled from 1996 into 2000--big hitting years--you'd have to adjust those slash stats downward, so yeah, probably pretty close. As is, unadjusted, dead on in HR and OBP.
(Sr.'s OPS+ through the completion of the 2000 season--i.e., to his 418th GP, is 146; Jr.'s is presently 136.)
― clemenza, Thursday, 16 June 2022 04:28 (two years ago) link
They also pointed out Jr is doing this about two years younger!!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 16 June 2022 18:57 (two years ago) link
One of Posnanski's shareable posts:
https://joeposnanski.substack.com/p/ten-who-missed-no-10-vladimir-guerrero?r=1jtu0&s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Yes, it is much, much, much too early to be talking about Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Hall of Fame. As I write these words, he’s only 23 years old and has played fewer than 400 big-league games. But maybe it’s not too early to dream about something that seems impossible — a father and a son both ending up in the Baseball Hall of Fame...But even cooler — with all due respect to the Griffeys and Bondses, the Alous and Boones, Alomars and Witts, Fielders and Bells and Biggios and Bichettes — I think the Guerreros are already the most fun father-son duo in baseball history.
― clemenza, Sunday, 19 June 2022 16:48 (two years ago) link
<3
Asked in NY about off-season comments in which he said he’d never sign with the Yankees, “not even dead,” Vlad Guerrero Jr. doubled down, saying he has personal/family reasons for preferring not to play for the Yankees and would “never” change his mind— Ben Nicholson-Smith (@bnicholsonsmith) April 21, 2023
― mookieproof, Saturday, 22 April 2023 01:25 (one year ago) link
BEST SHAPE OF HIS CAREER
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Looks incredible holy shit pic.twitter.com/XpPUb0k8Xm— Gate 14 Podcast (@Gate14Pod) February 9, 2024
― mookieproof, Saturday, 10 February 2024 00:20 (four months ago) link
Looks v trim fwiw
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 10 February 2024 02:29 (four months ago) link
The man absolutely has to pop-off. It's in the stars
― H.P, Saturday, 10 February 2024 02:30 (four months ago) link
.172/.276/.314. (Not his father's Sunday-beer-league line.)
― clemenza, Saturday, 6 April 2024 13:32 (two months ago) link
I feel like I like Vladdy more than you do, and it’s still very early! Took a long at his unqualified (cos it’s early) 24 statcast numbers.https://i.postimg.cc/KYWyN08j/IMG-8699.jpgIs he pressing? He’s smoking the ball when he’s making contact and he’s walking a lot so his eye’s still great and the chase rate is too but he’s striking out well above his normal rate - he’s not normally a high strikeout guy. The sweet spot % (basically hitting the ball with a good launch angle that gets it off the ground and more likely to find grass rather than a glove) makes me think he’s missing his spots because he’s behind and maybe it’s a timing issue?Assuming I’ve understood xwOBA correctly (I will welcome correction cos expected stats & me are not a happy match), he’s making good quality contact when he does make contact, maybe he’s just unlucky?https://www.mlb.com/glossary/statcast/expected-woba
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Saturday, 6 April 2024 14:39 (two months ago) link
You probably do at this point--the closer you are, the more exasperating he can be. It was the same last year: all his advanced metrics suggested he was hitting in bad luck. All year we heard that. I'm like Jeff Blair (local radio guy) at this point: enough. (Directing that at Vlad, not you.) The thing that really changed me with regards to Vlad was learning how dispropotionately his big year was driven by those minor-league parks.
He's definitely pressing. And I'm sure he's got a few dozen people whispering in his ear what he needs to do, from his father on down, and they're all telling him different things.
― clemenza, Saturday, 6 April 2024 15:19 (two months ago) link