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I normally wouldn’t bother to blog about a walk-off home run in spring training, but come on, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. obliterating a pitch at his father’s old stomping grounds of Olympic Stadium? That’s the type of stuff that will make you believe baseball gods are a thing.
As you can see below, the people of Montreal were treated to the happiest of endings Tuesday night as Vlad Jr. capped off the spring with a moonshot off Jack Flaherty. The fact that it came against the Cardinals should make some folks irrationally happy.
Wearing his father’s No. 27, in Montreal, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. finishes off the #BlueJays spring with an incredible walk-off home run. pic.twitter.com/R95DLQkVJi
— Today in MLB (@TodayintheMLB) March 28, 2018
Going out on a limb here: this might make up for his favorite ice cream machine disappearing from the stadium.
For those not up on their baseball, Vlad Jr. is a blue chipper and is a consensus top-five prospect…
ESPN’s Keith Law: No. 2
Baseball America: No. 3
Baseball Prospectus: No. 4
Fangraphs: No. 3
Fun fact: MLB Pipeline likes him so much they graded his hit tool an 80, which is apparently the rarest of feats.
An 80 hit tool!? Yes, that's an 80 hit tool — the first we've ever given out. #BlueJays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has the highest offensive ceiling of any @MLB prospect & is No. 1 on our Top 10 3B Prospects list: https://t.co/l1C5KRCAgL pic.twitter.com/gkU1fz4tb5
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) January 23, 2018
A curtain call in spring training. Why not?
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. gets the curtain call at Olympic Stadium #BlueJays pic.twitter.com/169YFfOTVE
— Shayne Pasquino (@shaynepasquino) March 28, 2018
