"The Blue Jays won 4-1 in the perfect way to round out Sunday afternoon, with a Vladimir Guerrero Jr. home run to top it off. Guerrero Jr. had been moved to the two-hole for the first time since June 15th, 2025, and wasted zero time making manager John Schneider look like a genius. His solo home run in the first inning off Jack Flaherty was a thing of beauty, a frozen rope to left field with a launch angle of just 16 degrees."
"It's the lowest launch angle on any home run hit in Major League Baseball this season, and just one degree off the lowest of Guerrero's career. The power has been a genuine concern through the early going. Entering Sunday, he hadn't gone deep since April 20th, and it was his first extra-base hit in May. It bears noting that Guerrero Jr. isn't fully out of the woods."
"However, his Statcast profile still shows an expected .365 xwOBA and a barrel rate of 8.6%, signs of hard contact that's been running into bad luck as much as anything else. But this laser of a homerun was a step in the right direction, and the timing could not be better. The Blue Jays are heading to a four-game set in Yankee Stadium starting tomorrow, where Guerrero Jr. has historically feasted: .308 with 16 home runs in 48 games in the Bronx."
"Daulton Varsho has also been heating up, and he showed it again today. The outfielder went 2-for-3 with an RBI triple, a double, and a walk. He's now hitting .310 over the past two weeks, and his recent production has finally started to pay the dividends of his work to start hitting the ball with authority to all fields. That triple in particular was a line drive that split the left-centre gap on a low and away fastball, whi"
The Toronto Blue Jays closed their series against the Tigers with a 4-1 win on Sunday afternoon. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. returned to the two-hole for the first time since June 15, 2025, and hit a solo home run in the first inning off Jack Flaherty. The homer was struck with a 16-degree launch angle, the lowest in Major League Baseball this season and near the lowest of Guerrero’s career. Power concerns remained, but Statcast showed expected .365 xwOBA and a 8.6% barrel rate. Daulton Varsho went 2-for-3 with an RBI triple, a double, and a walk, raising his recent batting average to .310. The team then heads to Yankee Stadium for a four-game set where Guerrero has historically hit well.
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