Blue Jays nearing 3rd World Series title thanks to Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s historic postseason

Yahoo Sports Daily hosts Jason Fitz and Claudia Bellofatto discuss Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s historic MLB postseason and performance in the Toronto Blue Jays’ win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in World Series Game 4. Watch the full episode of Yahoo Sports Daily on YouTube or YahooSports.TV.

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Blatt’s first at-bat, he gets struck out.

Uh, his next at-bat he comes up to the plate, faces the same type of pitch, and boom, just sends it right out of the building.

And that’s, I think, part of what we have to understand here is that it’s not just Shoha series.

These are two very good teams with superstars on both sides.

This series, in some ways, it feels to me like it’s a legend maker because we can just say the one word Shohei, no matter where you are, you understand what we’re talking about.

I feel like Vlad, in this process, is becoming a share of his own, a one-name wonder that we all turn around and say, ah, that guy, because when you need these wins, you need your stars to be legends, and Vlad frankly was legendary last night.

Yeah, I think that’s what this series is, which says a lot about these two players when you have two very talented deep rosters, specifically with the Dodgers, but it’s this matchup.

So he hadn’t allowed a single home run in over two months.

And then you get to the top of the 3rd, Flatty gets that sweeper right over the middle of the plate, sends that thing almost 400 feet over the left field to give them the lead.

And that’s something that Shohei, you could tell like, I, I don’t know if anybody out there watches Shohei pitch.

Pretty much after every pitch, he like has a little smile on his face.

He was not smiling after that one.

He definitely wanted that one back.

And then Danny goes to the plate and goes 0 and 3 with a walk, still leads the squad in batting average, but clearly doing both is difficult.

Flatty doesn’t have to worry about pitching though.

All he has to do is hit, and he does it pretty damn well.

He’s hitting 4-19 in the playoffs.

An OPS over 1300, 7 home runs.

That’s the most in postseason history for a Blue Jays player.

And for those who aren’t massive into baseball, an average batting average over the last few years in baseball is around 250.

Aaron Judge had the best this regular season at 331.

Flatty’s hitting 419 right now, just some 420, 50 total bases.

The most in a 15-game span, tied for the second most in a postseason overall.

The way that he’s hitting is historical.

So the fact that we get Shohei Ohtani, who’s going both ways and Flatty, the way he’s hitting, yeah, this is absolutely an instant classic.

Blue Jays nearing 3rd World Series title thanks to Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s historic postseason

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