VIDEO: Vlad Jr. Gives Blue Jays Late Lead With 3-Run Blast off Yankees' Zack Britton
By Michael Luciano
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is real, and boy is he spectacular. Despite facing the red-hot Zack Britton and his nasty sinker, Guerrero was able to yank a ball outside of the strike zone into the left field bleachers. Vlad Jr.'s 7th home run as a pro was a three-run shot that gave the Blue Jays a 9-7 lead over the Yankees in Toronto.
Statcast makes this home run seem even more ludicrous than it was. At just 20 years old, Guerrero already has the bat control, bat speed, and power to hit a 96 MPH sinker out of the zone and smack it off the bat at 110 MPH to send it 434 feet.
That just doesn't come around the block that often.
In what is basically a lost season for the Blue Jays, as they sit just a few games out of last place in the AL East, Vlad Jr.'s development should be something to keep your eyes on. It looks like he's getting better with each passing day.