Vladimir Guerrero Jr...Son of nine-time All-Star and 2004 AL MVP Vladimir Guerrero, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018 with Vladimir Jr. in attendance...Nephew of former Major Leaguer Wilton Guerrero...Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as a 16-year-old on July 2, 2015...Ranked 4th on MLB.com¡¯s Top 30 International Prospects list at the time...Ranked as the third-best prospect by both Baseball America and MLB prior to the 2018 season...Ranked fourth by Baseball Prospectus...Listed as the top overall prospect heading into the 2019 season by MLB, Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus...Was rated with an 80 hit tool for the second straight year, the highest ever given out by MLB Pipeline...Took part in the Toronto portion of the 2023 Blue Jays Winter Tour.
2023
Named an All-Star for the third time in his career, doing so in three consecutive seasons...Became the first player in franchise history to win the Home Run Derby...Along with Vladimir Guerrero Sr., became the first father-son duo ever to each win the event....Led the team in home runs (26) and RBI (94)...His 249 hard-hit balls (95+ MPH) ranked third in the AL (fourth in MLB)...Drove in the game-winning run on Opening Day, March 30 at STL, with a sac fly in the ninth, part of a 2-for-4 effort with three RBI and a hit-by-pitch...Blasted his fifth homer of the year on April 23 at NYY and his 12th career jack at Yankee Stadium, his most in any road ballpark...Hit a ninth-inning grand slam as part of a 3-for-6 night on May 23 at TB, the fourth slam of his career...Drove in six runs, one shy of his career high (seven on April 27, 2021 vs. WAS)...Went 2-for-4 with a double and a three-run homer on June 23 vs. OAK, his 10th jack of the year and his first at Rogers Centre...Hit his 14th homer on July 14 vs. ARI to become the first Home Run Derby champ ever to go deep in his first plate appearance after the All-Star break...Finished 2-for-3 with two RBI including his 21st home run of the year on Sept. 3 at COL...Matched Fred McGriff for the most home runs by a Blue Jay in his first five MLB seasons (125)...Went 2-for-4 with his 23rd blast on Sept. 15 vs. BOS, homering in consecutive games for the fifth time of 2023 (20th career)...Drilled his 24th home run of the year on Sept. 16 vs. BOS, homering in three straight games for the fourth time in his career (last: June 24-26, 2021)...Reached 400 career RBI in his 649th game, becoming the second-fastest player in team history to reach the mark (Carlos Delgado - 597G) and the youngest to do so at 24 years and 184 days old (Lloyd Moseby - 26.187)...Reached base safely five times in a game for the first time in his career (2-for-3, 3BB)...Crushed his 25th and 26th home runs of the season on Sept. 24 at TB, his first multi-homer game of the year (ninth career).
2022
Among AL batters, finished T-3rd in total bases (306), T-5th in RBI (97), 6th in hits (175), T-7th in home runs (32), T-8th in extra-base hits (67) and 10th in slugging (.480)...Started at first base for the AL All-Star team for the second year in a row (0-for-2), becoming the fifth player in Toronto history to start in consecutive years...Claimed his first Gold Glove Award, becoming the only first baseman in team history to win one...Committed ten errors on 1,025 total chances for a .990 fielding percentage...Stole a career-high eight bases after recording five total steals across his first three seasons...Crushed his first of home run of the year on April 10 vs. TEX, a solo shot traveling 467 feet, the farthest hit ball of his career (465 on May 16, 2021 vs. PHI)...On April 14 at NYY, went 4-for-4 with a double, three home runs and four RBI, the second three-homer game of his career (also: April 27, 2021 vs. WAS)...At 23 years and 28 days old, became the youngest player in MLB history to go 4-for-4 with 3+ homers and 4+ XBH in a game...The 14 total bases were the second most in a single game in franchise history (Carlos Delgado - 16 TB on Sept. 25, 2003 vs. TB)...Hit his then MLB-leading fifth home run of the season on April 15 vs. OAK, a solo shot in the first...Tied Carlos Delgado (1994, 2001) and Vernon Wells (2010) for the most homers in the team¡¯s first eight games of a season...Had a then-career-high 15-game hitting streak from May 2-18 (16-for-54, .296 AVG, 2-2B, 1HR, 5RBI), besting his 14-game streak from 2021...Belted his ninth homer of 2022 on May 26 at LAA, homering in consecutive games for the first time in 2022 (11th career)...Went 4-for-5 on June 15 vs. BAL with his 16th home run, his third career four-hit game...Also picked up his first career walk-off RBI, driving in Bo Bichette with a single in the bottom of the 10th...Named AL Player of the Week for June 13-19, his fourth career POTW...Went 11-for-27 (.407) with a double, three homers, seven RBI and his first walk-off hit (1.278 OPS)...Smacked his 20th home run July 13 vs. PHI, reaching the mark for the second time in his career (48 in 2021)...Put together a career-long 22-game hitting streak from July 15-Aug. 13, batting .374 (34-for-91) with 10 doubles, three home runs and 12 RBI (1.007 OPS)...Was the second-longest streak in the AL in 2022 (fourth in MLB)...Launched a two-run dinger Aug. 5 at MIN, his 23rd jack of the season...Homered in consecutive games for the fourth time of the season (14th career)...Lined a two-run homer in the first Aug. 16 vs. BAL...The 15¡ã launch angle matched the lowest homer of his career (Sept. 13, 2021 vs. TB) and equaled the lowest fence-clearing home run in MLB in 2022 (Giancarlo Stanton -15¡ã on April 8 vs. BOS)...Notched his 500th hit on Aug. 19 at NYY, becoming the youngest in team history to reach the milestone (23.156), ahead of Lloyd Moseby (24.193)...Recorded his career-high 30th double of the year Sept. 9 at TEX (29 in 2021)...Went 2-for-4 with his 100th career double on Sept. 12 vs. TB...At 23 years and 180 days old, was the youngest player to reach the mark since Bryce Harper (23.177 in 2016)...Hit his 100th career home run on Sept. 14 vs. TB at the age of 23 years and 182 days, becoming the 10th-youngest player in MLB history to reach the century mark¡Also became the seventh-youngest player since 1901 to reach 100 doubles and 100 homers in his career, doing so three days before Albert Pujols (23.185) and one day after Bryce Harper (23.181)...Blasted a three-homer on Sept. 21 at PHI, his 30th homer of the year...Became the 1st AL player to reach 30 doubles and 30 home runs in 2022...At the age of 23 years and 189 days, became the youngest player in franchise history to reach 300 career RBI (Lloyd Moseby - 24.299)...On Sept. 27 vs. NYY, singled home the game-winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning, the third walk-off hit of his career, all coming in the same season...Drove in a run with a single in the third inning during Game 2 of the ALWC vs. SEA for his first career postseason RBI.
2021
His 48 homers tied Salvador Perez for the MLB lead and eclipsed George Bell (47 in 1987) for second most in franchise history (Jos¨¦ Bautista - 54 in 2010)...Hit 11 home runs at TD Ballpark, 10 at Sahlen Field, and 10 at Rogers Centre, marking the first time in MLB history that a player hit 10 or more home runs or more at each of three different ballparks in the same season...Led MLB hitters in runs (123) and total bases (363)...Among AL batters, ranked first in OBP (.401), 1st in SLG (.601), 1st in OPS (1.002), T-1st in home runs (48), second in hits (188), thirrd in AVG (.311), third in extra-base hits (78), T-5th in RBI (111) and T-6th in walks (86)...Became the first player in franchise history to lead the AL in both OBP and SLG...Named the AL Hank Aaron Award winner, the youngest recipient in the history of the award...Joined Carlos Delgado (2000), Jos¨¦ Bautista (2010, 2011), and Josh Donaldson (2015) as the only Blue Jays to earn the award...Claimed the inaugural Juan Marichal Award, recognizing the best Dominican player in Major League Baseball...Won the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum¡¯s 2021 Tip O¡¯Neill Award, presented annually to the Canadian player judged to have excelled in individual achievement and team contribution while adhering to baseball¡¯s highest ideals...Named All-MLB first baseman...His 86 batted balls of 110+ MPH led MLB, ahead of Giancarlo Stanton (75)...His 280 times on base topped AL hitters and finished 2nd most in MLB (Juan Soto - 304)...His .332 AVG at home also led the AL and was 3rd best overall (Nick Castellanos - .359; Trea Turner - .336)...His 17 three-hit games were tied for the 2nd most in MLB (Yuli Gurriel - 18)...His 52 multi-hit games ranked 3rd in the AL...Connected for his 1st home run of the season on April 4 at NYY, a solo shot to right field...Was his 2nd career homer to right (also: Aug. 28, 2020 vs. BAL)...During Toronto¡¯s home opener on April 8 vs. LAA, recorded the 1st Major League home run in the history of Dunedin¡¯s TD Ballpark, a two-run blast off of Griffin Canning...At 22 years and 42 days old on April 27 vs. WAS, became the youngest player ever with three home runs and seven RBI in a game...Became the 5th Canadian-born player to record a three-homer game (Joey Votto - 3x, Larry Walker - 3x, Justin Morneau, Michael Saunders)...Hit his 3rd career grand slam off Max Scherzer in the 3rd inning (also: July 20, 2019 at DET and July 30, 2019 at KC)...Became the youngest player in Blue Jays history with three career grand slams and the 8th youngest in MLB history to reach three slams (last: Alex Rodriguez - 20.345 in 1996)...The seven RBI set a career-best (5 RBI on July 30, 2019 at KC)...With his father, Vladimir Guerrero, became the 4th father-son duo in the expansion era (since 1961) to homer off the same Cy Young-winning pitcher...Notched his ninth homer in his 37th game May 14 vs. PHI, matching his season total from 2020 in 23 fewer games...His 1.092 OPS after 50 games was the 3rd highest through the first 50 games of a season by an AL player age 22 or younger all-time...Hit a career-long homer of 465 feet May 16 vs. PHI...Homered in three straight games for the 1st time in his career...Recorded his 2nd multi-home run game of the season (fourth career) on May 21 vs. TB...Hit a two-run homer in the 12th inning, his 1st career home run in extra innings...Picked up his 3rd multi-homer game of the season (5th career) on May 24 vs. TB...The first shot was hit at 117.4 MPH, tying Rowdy Tellez (Aug. 20, 2020 vs. PHI) for the hardest-hit home run by a Blue Jay in the Statcast Era (since 2015)...Hit his MLB-leading 16th home run on May 25 at NYY, homering in consecutive games for the 3rd time this year (4th career)...Set a career-high with 16 home runs, doing so in just 47 games (15 HR in 123 games in 2019)...Became the first player age 22 or younger to lead the Triple Crown categories 60+ games into a season since Hall of Famer Al Kaline in 1955...Recorded a 4-for-4 effort, the 1st four-hit game of his career, June 1 vs. MIA...Belted his MLB-best 20th homer in his 62nd game of the season June 12 at BOS...The only Blue Jays to reach 20 home runs in a season in fewer team games were Jos¨¦ Bautista in 2011 (52G), George Bell in 1987 (54G), and Carlos Delgado in 2000 (58G)...Homered in consecutive games for the 4th time in 2021 (5th career)...At age 22, became the third-youngest player ever to be the 1st batter in a season to reach 20 home runs, behind Mel Ott in 1929 (20) and Eddie Mathews in 1953 (21)...Notched his 21st longball as part of a 3-for-5 day June 13 at BOS...Homered in three straight games for the 2nd time in his career and 2nd time of the season (May 14-16 vs. PHI)...Launched a game-tying home run with two out in the 9th on June 14 at BOS...Homered in four straight games for the 1st time in his career...At the age of 22.090, became the youngest player in MLB history to homer in every game of a four-game road series...Recorded his 25th homer on June 25 vs. BAL, becoming the 3rd-fastest in team history to reach the 25-HR mark in a season, doing so in 74 games (George Bell - 69G in 1987; Carlos Delgado - 72G in 2000)¡Set the single-season home run record for a Canadian-born Blue Jay (Michael Saunders - 24 in 2016)...At 22 years old, became the youngest player in team history with a 25-HR campaign (Jesse Barfield - 23 in 1983)...Hit his 26th bomb on June 26 vs. BAL, homering in 3+ consecutive games for the 3rd time this season...Marked his 50th career home run...Named AL Player of the Week for June 21-27...Hit .391 (9-for-23) with a double, three home runs, and seven RBI (1.308 OPS)...Was his 3rd career POTW nod (2x in 2019)...Finished first among all Major Leaguers in All-Star voting with 2,704,788 total votes, joining Jos¨¦ Bautista (2011, 2014) and Josh Donaldson (2015) as the only Blue Jays to finish atop the Majors in All-Star balloting...The 22-year-old became the youngest player ever to lead the Majors in All-Star Balloting since the process was returned to the fans in 1970, ahead of Cody Bellinger, who was 23 during the voting period in 2019...At 22 years and 119 days old, became the youngest player ever to win All-Star Game MVP (Ken Griffey Jr. - 22.236 in 1992)...Homered and finished 1-for-3 with two RBI...Became the 2nd-youngest to hit a home run at the ASG (Johnny Bench - 21.228 in 1969) and the second Blue Jay to do so (Roberto Alomar in 1993)...His 468-foot homer was the longest Midsummer shot in the Statcast era (since 2015)...Joined the Griffeys and the Bonds as the only father-son duos to homer in an All-Star Game...Launched home runs number 29 and 30 on July 16 vs. TEX for his fourth multi-HR game of the season (6th career)...Reached 30 home runs in 88 games, the fewest team games to reach the mark in franchise history, ahead of Jos¨¦ Bautista (91G in 2011)...Became the first player ever to homer in the ASG and then hit two homers in the first game after it...At 22, became the youngest in team history to record a 30-HR season (Vernon Wells - 24 in 2003)...Belted a three-run blast on July 29 at BOS for his 33rd home run of the year, becoming the first player in franchise history with 33 homers in the team¡¯s first 100 games of a season (Carlos Delgado - 32 in 2000)...Also became the 2nd MLB player age 22 or younger to hit at least 33 home runs before the start of August, joining Johnny Bench (36 in 1970)...Singled in the first inning in the Blue Jays¡¯ return home, July 30 vs. KC, for the first hit at Rogers Centre in 670 days...Cranked his 35th home run of the season on Aug. 8 vs. BOS...Became the 2nd Toronto batter all-time to reach 35 dingers in the team¡¯s first 110 games of a season, joining George Bell who also hit his 35th home run in the 110th game, also on Aug. 8, during his 1987 MVP campaign...Notched his 40th home run of the season Sept. 6 at NYY, becoming the youngest player in franchise history to reach the mark (Jesse Barfield/Tony Batista/Shawn Green - 26 years old)...Became the 10th player in MLB history with a 40-HR campaign in his age 22 or younger season...He and his father, Vladimir Guerrero, joined Cecil and Prince Fielder as the only father-son duos to reach the 40-HR mark...Had a career-best 14-game hitting streak from Aug. 23-Sept. 6, batting .414 (24-for-58) with 12 runs, a double, four homers and nine RBI over that span (1.090 OPS)...Notched his 42nd home run and 100th RBI of the year on Sept. 9 at NYY...Became the youngest player in franchise history to reach 100 RBI in a season (Vernon Wells - 23 in 2002)...Joined Joe DiMaggio (1937) and Juan Gonzalez (1992) as the only players in AL history with 40+ HR and 100+ RBI in a season before turning 23...Cranked his 43rd home run on Sept. 11 at BAL (1), joining Joe DiMaggio (46 in 1937) and Juan Gonzalez (43 in 1992) as the only players in AL history to reach 43 homers at age 22 or younger...Laced his 45th longball on Sept. 13 vs. TB, the 4th most in a season in franchise history...With a launch angle of 15 degrees, tied Manny Machado (Aug. 20 vs. PHI) for the lowest launch angle on a fence-clearing home run in 2021...Surpassed his father¡¯s career high in home runs (44 in 2000)...Put together a career-best 25-game on-base streak from Aug. 20-Sept. 13...Batted .340 (35-for-103) with a double, 10 homers, and 15 RBI (1.039 OPS) during the streak...Crushed his 46th bomb on Sept. 17 vs. MIN, tying Jose Canseco for the 3rd most homers in a season in Blue Jays history...Drilled his 47th homer Oct. 2 vs. BAL, tying George Bell (1987) for second most in a season all-time by a Blue Jay...Recorded his 48th home run on the final day of the season, Oct. 3 vs. BAL, the most by a player age 22 or younger in MLB history (Eddie Mathews - 47 HR in 1953)...Marked his 12th homer vs. BAL in 2021, the most vs. a single opponent by any player in 2021 and the most vs. a single club in a season in franchise history.
2020
Was one of 15 players in MLB to play in all 60 games...Batted .323 (32-for-99) with seven doubles, five home runs and 22 RBI in 26 games at Sahlen Field (.945 OPS)...Hit his 1st home run of the season on July 28 at WAS...Had last homered on Aug. 22, 2019 vs. LAD, ending a drought of 31 games and 138 plate appearances...Laced a 115.9 MPH homer with a 16¡ã launch angle on Aug. 21 at TB, the lowest angle for a fence-clearing home run in MLB during 2020 and the hardest-hit home run of his career...Extended his hitting streak to a career-high 10 games as he notched his 5th home run of the season on Aug. 28 vs. BAL... was his 20th career homer and his 1st hit to right field...Put together a career-long 12-game hitting streak from Aug. 19-30 (9G from July 7-Aug. 25, 2019)...was the 2nd longest by a Blue Jay in 2020 (Teoscar Hern¨¢ndez - 15G)...Went 16-for-44 (.364) with four doubles, a triple, two homers and 11 RBI over that stretch (.440 OBP, 1.076 OPS)...On Sept. 5 at BOS, recorded his 6th home run of 2020 and his 1st career long-ball at Fenway...Stole his 1st career base while going 2-for-4 with a walk and two RBI on Sept. 7 vs. NYY...Finished a triple shy of the cycle on Sept. 15 at NYY for his 1st three-hit game of the year...Picked up his 2nd triple of the season (4th career) on Sept. 21 vs. NYY...was the only Blue Jay with multiple triples in 2020...Drove in three runs on Sept. 23 vs. NYY to reach 100 career RBI...at 21 years and 191 days old, became the youngest in team history to reach the milestone...Went 3-for-4 with his 8th home run on Sept. 24 vs. NYY, his 5th go-ahead homer...In the final game of the regular season, on Sept. 27 vs. BAL, hit his 9th home run, which was his 6th to break a tie...Went 0-for-3 and was hit by a pitch in Game 1 of the ALWC...started as the designated hitter in Game 2 and recorded his 1st career postseason hit as he singled in the 6th inning...at 21 years and 198 days old, became the youngest player in team history to record a playoff hit, surpassing teammate Alejandro Kirk who set the mark a night earlier (21.328)...was the 2nd youngest player in MLB history to start at DH in the postseason, trailing Oakland¡¯s Claudell Washington (21.035 on Oct. 5, 1975 at BOS) and supplanting Kirk¡¯s mark from the night before...Played 10 games for the Leones del Escogido in the Dominican Winter League following the season and batted .359 (14- for-39) with four doubles, two homers and 11 RBI for a .996 OPS.
2019
Among AL rookies, ranked 1st in hits (126), T-1st in doubles (26), T-3rd in extra-base hits (43), 3rd in walks (46), 3rd in RBI (69) and T-7th in home runs (15)...His .272 batting average was the highest by a qualified Toronto rookie since Eric Hinske hit .279 in 2002...Recorded 12 three-hit games, the most among AL rookies and 3rd most by a Blue Jays rookies all-time (Bob Bailor - 15 in 1977; Alfredo Griffin - 14 in 1979)...His 69 RBI for the season were 3rd most by a rookie in franchise history and 3rd most by a Canadian-born player while with the Blue Jays (Russell Martin - 77 in 2015 and 74 in 2016)... Finished 7th in AL Rookie of the Year voting...Was named to Baseball America's All-Rookie Team...Had his contract selected on April 26...Made his MLB debut that night vs. OAK and doubled in his final at-bat (1-for-4)... At 20 years and 41 days old, became the 5th youngest Blue Jays player to make his MLB debut and the 4th youngest Toronto player to record a hit...May 4 at TEX, singled to collect his 1st career RBI...Drove in Justin Smoak, who collected his 1st career RBI on April 27, 2010 with a sac fly to score Vladimir Guerrero Sr...Hit a 118.9 MPH single on May 11 vs. CWS, the hardest hit ball by a Blue Jay in the Statcast era (since 2015)...Went 2-for-2 with two walks for his 1st career multi-hit game...At 20.056 years old, became the youngest player in team history to reach base four times in a game, and the 2nd youngest with a multi-hit game (Brian Milner - 18.221 on June 26, 1978 vs. BAL)...Opened the scoring with his 1st career home run on May 14 at SF...At 20 years and 59 days old, became the youngest player in franchise history to hit a home run, 18 days younger than Danny Ainge (June 2, 1979 at SEA)...Connected for another home run in the 6th, a three-run blast...Became the youngest in team history with a multi-HR game, ahead of Travis Snider (21.070 on April 13, 2009 at MIN) and the 15th youngest (19th time) all-time with a multi-HR effort (last: Juan Soto - 3x in 2018)...His home runs had exit velocities of 111.3 and 113.7 MPH, making him the 1st Blue Jay in Statcast history (since 2015) to hit two homers of at least 110 MPH in the same game...Added a single for his 1st career three-hit game... Became the 2nd youngest Blue Jay with a three-hit effort, behind Brian Milner (18.221 on June 26, 1978 vs. BAL)...His 1st four-RBI night made him the 26th youngest all-time to drive in 4+ runs in a game, and the youngest in team history as well, ahead of Lloyd Moseby (20.202 on May 25, 1980 vs. NYY)....Notched his 4th homer of the season on May 19 at CWS, all on the same six-game road trip...Claimed AL Player of the Week for May 13-19...Went 7-for-21 (.333) in six games, with four home runs, nine RBI and 3BB/1K for a 1.321 OPS...Hit the 5th homer of his career and his 1st at home on May 22 vs. BOS¡Became the 4th player in Blue Jays history at the time to hit 5+ HR in his first 21 career games (Carlos Delgado - 8; Devon Travis - 6; Brett Lawrie - 5)...Later in the year, Bo Bichette became the 5th with seven homers in his first 21 games...Became the youngest player to ever take part in the Home Run Derby...Connected for 29 home runs in the 1st round, surpassing Josh Hamilton (28 in 2008) for the most all-time in a single round...Then hit another 29 bombs in the 2nd round, and needed extra time and a swing-off to best Joc Pederson, giving him 69 homers through two rounds of competition...Guerrero Jr.'s 22 home runs in the final were topped by Pete Alonso's 23...The 20-year-old's 91 home runs on the night were 30 more than any player had ever produced in a single Home Run Derby (Giancarlo Stanton - 61 in 2016)...? Belted his 1st career grand slam on July 20 at DET...At 20 years and 126 days old, became the youngest Blue Jay to hit a grand slam (Brett Lawrie - 21.204)...On July 30 at KC, became the 2nd Blue Jays rookie all-time hit 2nd grand slams in a season, joining Rowdy Tellez who did so earlier in the year...Became the youngest player in MLB history to hit his first two grand slams...Also set a career high with five RBI, becoming the 4th youngest player (20.136) in AL history with a five-RBI game, behind Mike Trout in 2011 (20.023), Rougned Odor in 2014 (20.110) and Al Kaline in 1955 (20.119)...Homered twice and doubled while driving in four runs on Aug. 1 at BAL...Became the 3rd youngest player in AL history with two multi-HR games, behind Ken Griffey Jr. (1989) and Manny Machado (2012)...Became the 3rd youngest player in AL history with 10+ total bases in a game, trailing Buddy Lewis (1936) and Al Kaline (1955)...Gave him 16 RBI over five games, making him the youngest player in MLB history with 16+ RBI over any five-game span...Collected 17 RBI in a six-game stretch from July 27-Aug. 2, joining Mel Ott (1929) as the only 20-year-olds in MLB history to accomplish the feat...Was the 2nd most RBI in a six-game span in team history (Edwin Encarnacion - 20 in 2015)...ook AL Player of the Week for July 29-Aug. 4, becoming the 1st rookie in team history with two Player of the Week Awards (also May 13-19)...Went 13-for-26 (.500) over six games, with three doubles, three home runs and 11 RBI (1.497 OPS)...Strung together a season-long nine-game hitting streak from July 27-Aug. 5, in which he hit .463 (19-for-41) with five doubles, four homers and 18 RBI...Recorded his 1st career triple on Aug. 10 vs. NYY, driving in two runs in the 7th inning to put the Jays up, 5-4...Hit his 14th home run of the campaign on Aug. 16 vs. SEA¡His 54 RBI at the time tied for 2nd most all-time by a Blue Jay in his first 92 career games (Josh Phelps - 62, Eric Hinske - 54, Devon Travis - 54)...Connected for his 15th home run and his 10th on the road on Aug. 22 at LAD...? Batted .310 (67-for-216) with 13 doubles, two triples, seven home runs, 43 RBI, 18 walks and 40 strikeouts over his last 56 games (.851 OPS)...His .310 AVG from July 19 through the end of the season was 11th best in the AL...Went 11-for-30 (.367) with a double, three home runs and eight RBI over eight games for Triple-A Buffalo (.700 SLG, 1.124 OPS)...Batted .267 (4-for-15) with a double and an RBI in four rehab games for Advanced-A Dunedin.
2018
Hit .381 across his 95 Minor League games during the 2018 season, 32 points better than the next qualified full-season player...Was named Player of the Week on three occasions (April 15-NH, May 6-NH, Aug. 12-BUF)...At the end of the season, was named Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year, MiLB.com Organizational All-Star, Post-Season All-Star, and was dubbed as the minors¡¯ Top Third Baseman in MiLB.com¡¯s Toolshed 2018 edition...Played for the Surprise Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League where he batted .351 (27-for-77) with seven doubles and 17 RBI over 19 games.
