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Portrait of Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B  

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 20)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date3-16-1999
Height6' 2"
Weight250 lbs
Age25 years, 10 months, 11 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2019 TOR 20 123 514 126 26 2 15 46 91 2 0 1 .272 .339 .433 101 2.9 -3.5 -5.1 0.9
Career123514126262154691201.272.339.4331012.9-3.5-5.10.9

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
2016 BLU Rk APP 62 276 .253 .325 .377 .283 108 9.3 8.2 -0.1 134 0 -10.7 1.5 -0.8 -0.2
2017 LNS A MID 71 318 .242 .317 .367 .336 109 17.6 8.9 0.2 172 0 -2.6 0.8 24.3 3.3
2017 DUN A+ FSL 48 209 .253 .320 .359 .365 106 14.2 5.8 0.2 196 0 -1.5 -2.4 16.9 2.0
2018 DUN A+ FSL 1 4 .258 .355 .330 .500 105 0.4 0.1 0 139 0 -0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
2018 NHP AA EAS 61 266 .264 .333 .412 .402 107 32.5 7.6 0.3 196 0 1.0 -2.9 26.0 3.3
2018 BUF AAA INT 30 128 .235 .301 .373 .323 97 12.5 3.8 0 194 0 4.3 -4.8 12.0 1.5
2018 BLJ Rk GCL 3 10 .292 .354 .427 .375 104 0.7 0.3 -0.1 123 0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1
2018 SUR Wnt AFL 19 88 .271 .357 .396 .370 106 7.5 2.5 0.1 185 0 0.0 -0.5 14.6 1.8
2019 TOR MLB AL 123 514 .255 .321 .439 .308 101 2.2 15.5 -0.4 101 8 -5.1 -3.5 2.9 0.9
2019 DUN A+ FSL 4 17 .243 .302 .350 .308 101 0.2 0.5 0.1 103 0 -0.3 0.3 0.0 0.1
2019 BUF AAA INT 9 34 .264 .338 .422 .320 97 4.7 1.2 -0.1 159 0 0.1 -0.2 2.7 0.3

Statistics For All Levels

Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
2016 BLU Rk APP 276 236 32 64 12 3 8 106 46 33 35 15 5 .271 .359 .449 .178 5 0
2017 DUN A+ FSL 209 168 31 56 7 1 6 83 31 36 28 2 2 .333 .450 .494 .161 3 0
2017 LNS A MID 318 269 53 85 21 1 7 129 45 40 34 6 2 .316 .409 .480 .164 4 0
2018 BUF AAA INT 128 110 15 37 7 0 6 62 16 15 10 0 0 .336 .414 .564 .227 2 0
2018 DUN A+ FSL 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 .250 0 0
2018 BLJ Rk GCL 10 9 3 3 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 .333 .400 .556 .222 0 0
2018 SUR Wnt AFL 88 77 8 27 7 0 0 34 17 8 6 2 1 .351 .409 .442 .091 2 0
2018 NHP AA EAS 266 234 48 94 19 1 14 157 60 21 27 3 3 .402 .449 .671 .269 6 1
2019 BUF AAA INT 34 30 7 11 1 0 3 21 8 4 2 1 0 .367 .441 .700 .333 0 0
2019 DUN A+ FSL 17 15 2 4 1 0 0 5 1 1 2 0 0 .267 .353 .333 .067 0 0
2019 TOR MLB AL 514 464 52 126 26 2 15 201 69 46 91 0 1 .272 .339 .433 .162 2 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2019 1983 0.4433 0.4670 0.7559 0.6871 0.2917 0.8560 0.5683 0.2441 0.0000
Career19830.44330.46700.75590.68710.29170.85600.56830.24410.0000

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2024 TOR $19,900,000
2023 TOR $14,500,000
2022 TOR $7,900,000
2021 TOR $605,400
2020 TOR $579,300
2019 TOR $
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$43,484,700
5 yrTotal$43,484,700

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
4 y 157 dMagnus Sports1 year/$19.9M (2024)

Details
  • 1 year/$19.9M (2024). Won arbitration with Toronto 2/7/24 ($19.9M-$18.05M).
  • 1 year/$14.5M (2023). Re-signed by Toronto 1/13/23 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$7.9M (2022). Re-signed by Toronto 3/22/22 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$605,400 (2021). Re-signed by Toronto 3/21.
  • 1 year/$579,300 (2020). Re-signed by Toronto 3/20.
  • 1 year (2019). Contract selected by Toronto 4/26/19.
  • Signed by Toronto 7/2/15 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic. $3.9M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
90o 65 20 4 0 3 6 9 0 0 .345 .415 .569 163 7.3 3B 0 0.0
80o 43 12 2 0 2 4 6 0 0 .316 .381 .526 155 4.2 3B 0 0.0
70o 27 7 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 .292 .346 .458 149 2.4 3B 0 0.0
60o 14 5 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 .417 .462 .750 143 1.1 3B 0 0.0
50o 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 138 0.1 3B 0 0.0
Weighted Mean510000100.200.200.2001400.43B 00.0

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2020-09-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)I see Vlad is holding steady in your ranks. So you guys aren’t down on him much this year?
(John from Boston)		Not at all. We are still big believers. In fact, I would say his season so far at just 21 years old has been a success. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is hitting .269/.340/.462, and .297/.377/.515 since 8/4, with 92nd percentile average exit velocity and 93rd percentile hard hit rate. At the same time, he makes plenty of contact (15% K%, 24% Whiff%). I expect he will continue to improve as well. The kid is legit. (Jesse Roche)
2019-05-13 16:00:00 (link to chat)If you had the power to make it happen, what would you do in the area of service time manipulation? The spectrum I've seen discussed ranges from status quo all the way to eliminating the draft entirely and going with a pure free agency model. Do you have a grand solution you've been kicking about?
(dcfreema from Madison, WI)		While prefacing anything by saying it's a very complicated issue and one that requires a creative solution, I think building something around age rather than around service time would be a step in the right direction. If, say, the Blue Jays controlled Vladimir Guerrero Jr. for X calendar years instead of X years of MLB service time, there would be no incentive to leave him in the minors for even one day past the point they thought he was ready to contribute positively. And that's how it should be. That's an entry-level solution to a problem that requires more than that, of course. (Aaron Gleeman)
2018-08-30 13:00:00 (link to chat)Doesnt sound like you like prospects. Baseball prospects to be clear.
(Gerald from Sacramento)		I think Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is probably one of the best 25-30 hitters in baseball. Not MiLB, all of baseball. (Rob Mains)
2017-09-07 20:00:00 (link to chat)Is Tatis a top 5 prospect starting next season? Could he make it to the majors in 2018?
(Mike from California )		Probably not, but it's not because he isn't awesome. He's awesome. But the top four seem pretty locked in as Ronald Acuna, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Victor Robles and Eloy Jimenez. Tatis is in the conversation for that fifth spot along with several other guys, but if I have to pick Tatis or the field for that last spot, I'll take the field. This is in no way an insult to Tatis, who, as I said earlier, is awesome. (Scooter Hotz)


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