Comparing Guerrero Jr.’s 2024 season to his MVP calibre 2021 season
MLB analyst Kyle Bland joins Jays Talk Plus to compare some of the metrics behind Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s 2024 season comparing to his MVP like 2021 season, and why in some ways this season ranks better.
TORONTO — Nights like this, you can see what the 2024 Toronto Blue Jays were supposed to look like.
On the mound, Chris Bassitt kept a talented, young Baltimore Orioles lineup off-balance with eight different pitches on his way to one of his best starts of the season. On defence, the Blue Jays were phenomenal, saving multiple hits with their gloves. And at the plate, they came up with big hits when it counted most – none bigger than Alejandro Kirk’s three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth.
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Add in some quality work from relievers Genesis Cabrera and Chad Green, and the Blue Jays thoroughly out-played a Baltimore team that began the day tied for the MLB lead in wins. In the course of a disappointing season, these games have been hard to come by for the Blue Jays.
Even then, the game wasn’t without a little late drama as Craig Kimbrel hit Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the back in the bottom of the seventh inning, at which point manager John Schneider burst out of the dugout yelling, “that’s bull(crap)” in the direction of Orioles manager Brandon Hyde.
Assigning intent is always challenging, but it’s easy to see why the Blue Jays had their defences up: their best player was plunked in the first game between these two teams since Blue Jays reliever Yerry Rodriguez broke the hand of Orioles infielder Jordan Westburg last Wednesday.
The inning before he took a fastball between the numbers, Guerrero Jr. started a five-run rally by pushing an inside heater to right field for an opposite-field hit that extended his hitting streak to 18 games. Spencer Horwitz followed with another single, setting up Kirk’s three run shot, a line drive over the left field wall that was just his third of the season.
For the first five innings, the Blue Jays managed nothing against Albert Suarez, a late replacement for Grayson Rodriguez who was scratched with a lat injury. But later in the sixth, Addison Barger hit a two-run double to add insurance runs that the Blue Jays would end up needing.
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Really, though, the Blue Jays won this game because of pitching and defence. Through seven innings, Bassitt allowed just one run, a solo homer to Jackson Holliday on a cutter nicely placed on the inside corner. Credit to the 20-year-old Holliday, he made an adjustment after Bassitt fooled him on a slow curve the first time up.
Aside from the Holliday homer, Bassitt was at his unpredictable best on his way to a season-high nine strikeouts. His slow stuff was especially effective, with his curve and sweeper fooling the Orioles over and over on a night his season ERA dropped to 3.95.
But Bassitt also had support from his defence, as Varsho robbed Gunnar Henderson at the right-centre field wall, Joey Loperfido showed off his range with a pair of running catches, and infielders Leo Jimenez, Ernie Clement and Addison Barger made one impressive play apiece.
All told, it was the kind of team effort that’s often eluded the 2024 Blue Jays. But facing one of the game’s best teams, they made it look easy this time.
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