{"id":114926,"date":"2025-06-19T07:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T07:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/114926\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T07:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T07:05:11","slug":"vladimir-guerrero-jr-sends-addison-barger-message-after-blue-jays-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/114926\/","title":{"rendered":"Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Sends Addison Barger Message After Blue Jays Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Sends Addison Barger Message After Blue Jays Game<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Blue Jays earned an impressive 8-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night, improving to 40-33 overall and 24-13 at home\u2014putting them just two games behind the Yankees in the AL East. That win also clinched the three-game series over Arizona, with a sweep now in sight for the Blue Jays on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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Toronto got outstanding performances across the board. Eric Lauer delivered five strong innings with eight strikeouts and just one run allowed, improving his record to 3-1. Bo Bichette homered and collected three hits with two RBIs, while Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reached base five times, walking thrice and adding two hits and three RBIs.<\/p>\n

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Blue Jays manager John Schneider and first baseman Vladimir Guerrero (27).John E&period; Sokolowski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Addison Barger also shined with three hits, a walk, and an RBI, adding to the night’s standout offensive efforts.<\/p>\n

After the game,\u00a0Guerrero was asked about Barger and what he contributes to the top of the Blue Jays’ lineup, and the 26-year-old first baseman was full of praise for his young teammate.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe goes out there and competes every day,”\u00a0Guerrero said.<\/p>\n

Barger has been crucial for Toronto this season, batting .275 with eight homers, 46 hits, and 24 RBIs while providing spark and defense for the Blue Jays. His development as a true table-setter has been instrumental to the Jays\u2019 offense.<\/p>\n

Following a strong showing, the Blue Jays will now turn their attention to Thursday’s series finale against the Diamondbacks. A sweep would tighten the AL East race further, especially with the Yankees in a slump, having lost six straight games.<\/p>\n

Related: Max Scherzer Announcement Made After Blue Jays’ Move for Ex-Phillies Pitcher<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Blue Jays Make Move After Andres Gimenez News<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 19, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Sends Addison Barger Message After Blue Jays Game originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Blue…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2378],"tags":[6081,22,5,377,2554,88,1497,4,1414,282,70,2553,7966,142],"class_list":{"0":"post-114926","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto-blue-jays","8":"tag-addison-barger","9":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","10":"tag-baseball","11":"tag-blue-jays","12":"tag-bluejays","13":"tag-bo-bichette","14":"tag-eric-lauer","15":"tag-mlb","16":"tag-the-blue-jays","17":"tag-toronto","18":"tag-toronto-blue-jays","19":"tag-torontobluejays","20":"tag-vladimir-guerrero","21":"tag-yankees"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114708763540402700","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}