{"id":560831,"date":"2026-02-08T07:04:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T07:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/560831\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T07:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T07:04:30","slug":"better-know-your-blue-jays-40-man-vladimir-guerrero-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/560831\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Know Your Blue Jays 40-Man: Vladimir Guerrero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is a right-handed hitting first baseman who turns 27 in March. And, yeah, we really don\u2019t need a \u2018better know\u2019 for him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He signed a 14-year contract extension back in April of last year, worth half a billion dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Seven seasons into his MLB career, he has a 25.9 bWAR, a .288\/.366\/.495 batting line and 183 home runs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Vlad is moving up the Blue Jays leader boards:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">7th in bWAR: 25.9 (Lloyd Moseby is 26.0) 3.0 WAR next year would put him in the top five.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">8th in Batting Average: .288.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">14th in Games Played: 975<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Jays\u2019 position player leader in bWAR is Jose Bautista at 38.4, so Vlad needs 12.5 more to get there. I\u2019d imagine he\u2019ll get there before that contract is up. The top pitcher in bWAR is Dave Stieb, at 56.9, which will take Vlad a little longer to top.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">And he\u2019s 153 back of Carlos Delgado in home runs. He should pass that with several years left on his contract.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Vlad had a much better second half (.314\/376\/.515) than first half (.277\/.384\/434) in his 2025 season. And then he had an all-world playoff run, hitting .397\/.494\/.795 with 8 home runs (8 home runs in 18 games, that would be 72 home runs in 162 games). That\u2019s really turning it on when we needed him. I\u2019d love him to carry that over to this season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Beyond that, I\u2019m glad that the talk about moving him to third has ended. He\u2019s the guy you move other players around for; you don\u2019t move him for anyone else.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I don\u2019t see him as a Gold Glove first baseman, but he does make some sensational plays. Like this one:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/video\/louis-varland-in-play-out-s-to-enrique-hernandez-jcomon?partnerId=web_video-playback-page_video-share\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:View Link;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">View Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Last year, Steamer figure Guerrero to play 150 games, hit 33 home runs, with a .297\/.375\/529 line. He ended up playing 156 games, with 23 home runs, and a .292\/.381\/.467 line, so Steamer was a fair bit high on homers, but the rest was pretty close.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This year Steamer thinks he\u2019ll play 143 games (I think I\u2019d take the over), with 32 home runs, a .299\/.385\/.532 line and a 4.8 fWAR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is a right-handed hitting first baseman who turns 27 in March. 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