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Toronto Blue Jays star first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has been excellent in the postseason.
Guerrero Jr., 26, has a .442 batting average, six home runs and 12 RBI across 51 plate appearances in 11 games. He was named the ALCS MVP for his performance against the Seattle Mariners.
Now, Guerrero is tasked with helping the Blue Jays win four more games and win the World Series over the Los Angeles Dodgers to bring a championship to Canada. Game 1 is Friday at 8:00 PM ET at the Rogers Center in Toronto and will be televised on FOX.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays will meet in the 2025 World Series. (FOX)
“I was born here,” Guerrero said through an interpreter, according to MLB.com. “I grew up in the Dominican, and so from the moment I signed here, I knew I wanted to be here my whole career, I knew somehow I had to make all the fans, the whole country, proud of me, of my team. And like I always say, my challenge is to bring the World Series back here to Canada.”
In April, Guerrero signed a 14-year, $500 million contract that cemented him as the face of the franchise. So far in October, Guerrero has lived up to his massive deal.
His six postseason home runs are already tied for the most in franchise history, along with Joe Carter and José Bautista.
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Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. holds the American League Championship Series MVP trophy as the baseball team celebrates after defeating the Seattle Mariners in Game 7 of the Series in Toronto on Oct. 20, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
“He’s the face of the franchise,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said, according to MLB.com. “I remember a conversation, it was me and Max (Scherzer). This was back in April in (my office). We talked about, ‘Hey, you’re the standard now for this team,’ and what comes with that, how you have to act, how you have to talk. He’s been great. He’s just been very, very aware of everything that’s going on, which is very hard to do when the spotlight is on you.”
Guerrero has not only struck out, but also shown his exceptional bat-to-ball ability this postseason, striking out just three times.
The Blue Jays will need their superstar first baseman to be at his best against the Dodgers’ vaunted starting rotation.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Toronto Blue Jays celebrates during the fourth inning against the Seattle Mariners in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series at Rogers Center on October 19, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario. (Cole Burston/Getty Images)
The Dodgers’ pitching staff, especially their starting pitching, has been sensational, allowing just 28 runs in 10 postseason games. The team’s elite rotation of Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow and Shohei Ohtani has carried the load thus far.
Snell will start Game 1 for the Dodgers, while the Blue Jays will start rookie Trey Yesavage.
