Vlad Guerrero Jr. Is Finally Living Up To The Hype
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2021
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Three years ago, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was one of the most prized prospects in all of baseball. His plate discipline, raw power, and notable lineage led everyone to believe he was destined for stardom at the major league level. Now after facing some adversity during his first two seasons as a pro, Guerrero is living up to the billing. The 22-year-old first baseman is leading the American League is just about every offensive category and he's also become a surprisingly limber defensive player. The Athletic's Kaitlyn McGrath joins the show to talk about Guerrero's breakout campaign and whether he can sustain this level of play going forward.
You can read Kaitlyn McGrath's story about Vladimir Guerrero Jr. here: https://theathletic.com/2527434/2021/04/19/vladimir-guerrero-jr-s-hot-start-has-him-looking-like-the-elite-hitter-the-blue-jays-knew-he-could-be/
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| 0:46.0 | The American Link's current home run king is a name that's familiar to most baseball fans. |
| 0:58.0 | Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. |
| 1:01.0 | Branking ball high indeed to appear that's going to be close. It's going to stay in that. |
| 1:09.0 | Vladimir Guerrero over a month. |
| 1:12.0 | Three years ago Guerrero was considered one of the most exciting prospects in baseball, |
| 1:17.0 | but he didn't quite live up to the hype during his first few seasons in the show. |
| 1:22.0 | Today, the athletics Caitlin McGrath joins us to talk about how Vlad Jr. overcame those early struggles |
| 1:28.0 | to find MVP caliber form in 2021. And if the Guerrero we're seeing now is here to say. |
| 1:35.0 | It doesn't feel like this is sort of just a hot streak and you know we're going on two months into the season. |
| 1:41.0 | Now and so I don't really have any reason to believe that he would let up from wondering in the athletic. |
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| 1:55.0 | Okay, Caitlin as we all know the blue jays have been unable to play in their home stadium in Toronto. |
| 2:00.0 | They had been marooned down in Florida since the pandemic shut everything down less March. |
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