Just as it was on so many occasions in the MVP runner-up season a year ago, Guerrero Jr. is once again the talk of Major League Baseball after a superhuman performance with two stitches and three points on Wednesday night at the Big Apple. A day later, the Yanks were still admiring that they were being served a homefield “L” by Vladdy’s bat. “It’s very impressive to go into Yankee Stadium and do something like that, not many people do,” said Yankees out Aaron Judge. “He’s one of the best hitters in my book, man. The numbers he put in, the things he did for Jay and almost put them in the playoffs, those are MVP things there. We will probably see a lot of similar things this year from him. Like I said yesterday, I wish I was home and watching him do it against the Red Sox or the Orioles and not watch it live. It is a talent of a generation. It’s something special. “ The show started early, at the top of the first inning, when Guerrero hit a shot in the center that took a look at the Yanks Outfielder’s glove, Aaron Hicks, and had to be checked before being considered his second shooter of the season. At the end of the second, a great game in the hull became an almost legendary story, when Hicks stepped on Guerrero’s right hand as he won a single inside, forcing the 23-year-old to go to the boat with a bloody towel. wrapped around his ring. But instead of being a disastrous game that can change the season, Vladdy quickly put on film and got off the boat, putting himself defensively on the front line as if nothing had happened. “I did not even realize I was doing it until he ran in and came back and saw all the cuts and other things,” Hicks recalls on Thursday afternoon before the series finale. “It’s really incredible to be able to do that.” “It made him a little angry,” Judge added with a smile. He quickly let go of any health concerns when he opened on a marginally unacceptable pitch in the very next inning for Yanks ace Gerrit Cole’s second night off. He completed the hat-trick in the eighth period – his two games in the three games of his career came against legal aces to Cole and Max Scherzer – and also added a double opposing court in the sixth to end the night 4-for -4 with 14 bases in total, the second best total of a match in the history of the club behind Carlos Delgado’s four-court match in 2003. “I like to hit, man, and I’m a student of the game, so I analyze the videos of Ohtani, Tatis, Guerrero,” Judge said. “Everyone does different things and has different settings, but they all get to the same places. With Vladdy, he has such a solid, easy swing, they can throw him off the plate and lead him to the left, he can throw him in the middle and hit him in the dead spot as we saw yesterday, and If they want to get confused and try to secretly extract something from him, man, he will shoot twice as much as he did last night, too. “I see a guy who can use all the pitches and just hit the ball where it’s being placed, and that’s a sign of a great striker.” Early in his career, Vladdy loved Yankee Stadium. In 26 career games here, he has already won nine at home. By comparison, his father hit five homers in 46 career games combined at the old and new Yankee Stadium. Understanding how to attack Guerrero Jr., a striker with no obvious holes and an elite approach, will be a big challenge, and even the Yankees closer, Aroldis Chapman will admit it. “It will be difficult,” Chapman said through his translator. “Like you said, when you have a guy with that kind of belt coverage and there doesn’t seem to be a weakness in the attack, it’s going to be a tough challenge. At the same time, you still have to execute your plan, whatever it is. ” Cole will also review his strategy. “I think you just have to keep going with what you feel you can do the best and get your chances,” said Cole, who gave Guerrero his cap on the embankment after his double in front of the pitch. “We may try to persuade him to leave the strike zone. One of these two strategies. “She is a superstar.” Chapman also noted Guerrero’s apparent love for his job, which became apparent when he decided to stay in the game. He could have taken the rest of the night and had two stitches made on his finger immediately, instead of waiting 20 minutes after the game to do so. “He’s a very talented guy and he’s very disciplined on the plate, as you can see,” Chapman said. “One of the things you can point out is the fun that the game has to offer. This allows him to relax and perform the way he played. “I think these two things go together.” Josh Donaldson, who will most likely see his name alongside Vlady Jr. as the Blue Jays to one day win the MVP awards of the American League, put it better. “I do not think he is a child anymore,” Donaldson said. “He is an adult now and he had a wonderful night.”
