Will Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Ever Be the Same? 

I just feel like they messed with his swing too much and it doesn’t look natural anymore. I hope he bounces back as a jays fan

Vladdy is the poster child for what can go wrong when your team has bad coaching and management and doesn’t understand how to work with you on hitting. His inflated ego doesn’t help, either.

he lost feel but i think if the blue jays ever trade him he will jump right back into the game or maybe even better

The league catches up to you.. Elite players overcome it. That simple.

I think it was foolish Baseball or baseball dosent exist did a vid on how “out of shape “ players become significantly worse after losing weight and getting healthy which makes sense. Most of these guys have been bigger their whole lives and after losing weight you have to kind of learn how to move in your new body.

This is an awesome video man, only a little over halfway through and loving it. Well done!!🎉

I’m a big Vladdy fan and it sucks to see him struggle like this. He seems to be putting in the work, loosing weight, winning the gold glove, which means he has been dedicating time to that side of the ball as well. He is hitting the ball hard, he is making contact and putting the ball in play A LOT. And he is getting a bit unlucky with them turning into outs. I hope things turn his way soon because baseball is better when you have the stars doing what the stars are supposed to be doing. It’s good for the sports and it helps grow the sports as a whole. Best of luck to young Vlad

Easy sub. Excellent work 👏. Keep these detailed analyses coming.

I think the scouting / game plan prep has improved so much as more and more data is out there now. Guys have struggled after good seasons sometimes because the pitchers figure out what you can’t hit. Then you get force fed that sequence again and again until you either make an adjustment, get lucky,or play yourself out of pt. An example I always think of is Mike Trout having to learn how to hit the high fastball. He crushed everything low so teams stopped throwing it there. He became elite when he was able to adjust not just to that pitch specifically but his approach maturing as well. People forget everyone has a role on the team in some way or another. He may one day transition to more of a power o ly guy if the pull side emphasis is the way to go, and that’s fine there are plenty of guys like that (Matt Olson, Yordon Alverez, Aaron Judge) who you pay to hit the ball hard, hit bombs and drive in runs. Yes you want Vladdy to be an MVP every year, but that’s not realistic, even for the best players in the league. Like you said, he’s still young, give him time to adjust and figure out. Maybe it’s a new approach and he’s having a hard time getting the feel down. There’s so many different things that go into hitting that can make you be out of wack. My college coach said one time “you have to be precise and intentional with your swing every day because it can be one thing off just a little and you’re screwed.”

Thank you for keeping a consistent and non-exaggerating tone throughout this video. Almost every analytical, or informative video I come across seems to have that same extremely loud, overaccentuated wannabe announcer voice; like dude, why are you yelling? hahaha Great vid, new sub.

I love these deep dives into great players Excellent video Fantastic job narrating Have a wonderful summer ☀️

Thank you for making this video. I was wondering if anyone was ever going to make it. Im a mariners fan but i collect vladdy jr cards for my personal collection. Dude is a beast but just needs right hitting coach to break it down to him how you just did. Awsome video !

Love the vids green light I’ve watched every vid since your padre one keep it up

He's still mad young. He's just gotta be himself and not fall for the hype. Cause these young baseball fans will tear you down as soon as they built you up.

I remember the Blue Jays we're ready to induct this guy into the Hall of Fame even before he joined the team 😆

He's been hitting the ball hard for singles, building up that average as of late, so I'm not worried about him

I think where he is recently is the kind of hitter he is, not the mvp runner up.

Incredible breakdown my friend i agree about everything in it

Vlad's batting .286 now with a .381 OBP so his hitting is actually really good, but yeah, he still needs to untap his power. Got to increase the launch angle on those 110MPH+ hits.

Great video man !! Keep it up, you'll be blowing up soon!

HES BACKKKKK!!! some what he’s been hitting real good these last 2 weeks and got his average up to .280

I'm a jays fan and would really enjoy watching them play more if Bo and Vladdy could get it going ... not a fun season to watch so far and it really is a pity

Every youtuber in 2024 be like "REVEALED" "EXPOSED" bunch of lame nerds

For some clarity, at 1:43 I'm talking about of players aged 22 or younger.

Almost as if his dad tried to help his classic power hitting son becoming a true legend by teaching him the skills he posessed. Don't forget that Vlad Sr statistically was as hard to strikeout as Ichiro was, that's crazy for a guy with almost 500hrs. It obviously backfired and now he's stuck in between swings. It will take time to get the old swing back. It could ofcourse also been a coach but im expecting he tried to impart some things his dad did to a legendary level into his game. Especially since you see him use his hands more, which is exactly what vlad sr did when he was in 'contact mode'

He’s kinda getting back on track right now

We've gotta remember that he's only 25. Not to mention his avg exit velo is 96th percentile and his hard hit % is 95th percentile. He'll bounce back. All of his deeper numbers point to it.

As a Jays fan, I think 2021 was an outlier.

He is extremely talented and very young still, im suure he will figire it out sooner rather than later. I am frustrated as a fan though because i want to see those crazy numbers again.

Vlady was 34th in all of Baseball in RBI last year. He lead the Jays. The Jays took him to arbitration for less than $1 Million. I think the Jays will trade both Bo and Vlady in July. The $225 Million in Salary scares the bean counters at Rogers. They only got 27,000 Season Tics sold and their Salary hit is $225 Million USD.

I think that Vlad Guerrero Jr. wont be the same because it’s the curse. He’s the cover athlete on MLB The Show 24. And you know in NBA 2k some players became trash because they were the cover athlete in 2k. So that’s the reason why Vlad Guerrero Jr. won’t be the same as he was in 2021. Sadly😢

He needs to start his load slower and earlier and use his front foot like as a stoping point to stay behind the ball in my opinion. I think he’s relaying on his hands to much to provide power and needs to get back into his legs and use the ground force a bit more, like he was doing in 2021

I have the hand eye coordination of a blind sloth. I don't know how you people do this. All my strength and speed would mean almost nothing in baseball. I love watching the sport but hated playing it. 😂

Vladdy was great but he was never the MOST FEARED hitter on the planet.

Bat Speed Bat Speed Bat Speed goes for every player on the Jays. I'm shocked that the coaching staff have job still

I believe young guys have some amazing seasons until there is an in depth book on how to pitch them. I've seen it with tatia, j rod, Corbin Carroll, etc

Combination of things his body change, multiple mechanics changes, swing discipline, pitching has improved over time versus him adjusting to better pitching, lack of lineup depth protection (Teo, Seimen, Gurriel Jr.) Also Bo's dad used to advise on hitting until he stopped for some reason.

Please make a video on Mark Reynolds, just found out he had a 44 hr season that has the all time highest strike out of 223

Sounds like he needs a good hitting coach

My thoughts are after the 21 season when he started working out more they changed his body composition. In other words the way they added muscle changed his swing just slightly and slowed it just slightly and now we are seeing the results of that. It is possible because he is still young he will adapt but unless they change his workout routine to match his body type more I think this will be all you get. He doesn’t need muscle added he needs workouts that just give him speed and endurance. Then we might see his swing come back.

This is who hes been. That 2021 season was an outlier.

Bluejays don’t deserve vladdy. I feel he is frustrated by not getting a long term deal. There is also a mental battle between them.

From what i got from this video, and from the comments, is that that the Blue Jays coaches messed up his swing, and he's now always swinging late, ence why he's missing fastballs, hitting the ball to opposite field and why he's been hitting a lot of ground balls, because if you swing just a little late then you're not going to hit the ball well and the chance of being a ground ball are higher. So basically he just needs to swing a little early

It’s almost like he’s worked so much on being able to hit the ball everywhere that now he can’t hit the ball anywhere

Let's put him on the show cover again cuz why not! Acuna got screwed for this guy!

Well 13 days later and vlad feels like he's coming back. He's putting up some solid stats in May. In 15 games he's hitting over 400 with a 475 obp and a 975 ops. He only has 1hr though

Austin riley isn't a first baseman 3:59

He’s only 25 he still have time

He was made a superstar by Canadian media without warning it leading to ego problems now he has plateaued. He has been bad since mid season last year.

Those EV + LA stats for outs is pretty absurd. It could be a spin problem, if his spin RPM is low (ie he is squaring the ball up too much) he will have less carry on his flyballs. Could be a reason why his hard hit flyballs aren't leaving the yard much.

He hit alot of OPPO HRs in 21 also, like 1/3 of them were OPPO something he rarely does now outside the 1 at yankees stadium. I think the coaches have messed with him too much also

It looks like he's thinking too much in my opinion...🤷🏾‍♂️

I don’t think it’s much of a mechanics problem as it is a “fun” problem….notice that since they removed the home run jacket, Teo Hernandez and Gurriel Jr he has been declining??? He has what a few pitchers who are Dominican, that’s it now, he looks lost and just sad.

He’s chopping down at the ball in an effort to not be late on the pitch, which means he also can’t pull the ball since you have to be a bit early in order to pull a ball, he also gets less exit velo as his launch angle rises to good rates, I don’t get how he’s so extremely late on everything, its like he doesn’t see a pitch until it’s only 30 feet away, in 2021, he swung so much earlier on everything, you’d think he would at least improve his vision or walk rate if he waited so long to swing but even that hasn’t changed, Vladdy can’t hit anymore, its one thing to sacrifice one aspect of your game for another, but vladdy can’t hit a fastball with his swing so ruined and his swing decisions so late every single pitch, its over

Ever since he started losing weight in the offseasons hes been declining. Its like each offseason he loses weight, the media hypes it up then he comes back worse.

Too me it looks like his 2021 set-up, he was "closed"; 2024 he's "opened" more...

Make video about current Trevor Bauer

They have to stop changing the balls man..

I predict he gets moved to StL this offseason as the cards will need a 1B to replace Goldy.

Maybe if he stops the ice baths every single home win

I do agree that Vlad played well in 2021 outside of the minor league stadiums, but I think the bigger harm that season did was the expectations we have of him. He posted a .311/.401/.601 slash line at 22 years old as the runner up for MVP behind Ohtani. With those numbers, the expectation is a perennial 1.000 OPS hitter for the next decade. That has not been the case, and he would've never hit to that mark had he not played at those minor league parks, which inflated his stats. Could he still be an elite .900 OPS hitter? Sure. Just imagine if he played all home games for 2021 in Rogers Centre that season and ended with let's say 35 Homers and a .900 OPS. The expectations for him would be significantly less as of right now because people wouldn't be looking at that incredible stat line of 2021 as the mark to get back to..

I never liked the go oppo all the time don’t pull the ball approach. And vladdy’s stats shows you shouldn’t always want to go oppo.

One thing for sure, he won't be as good as his dad.

He’s not doing anything differently. His swing is the same. It’s just like Christian Yelich whom had a good year after buying into the conventional teaching. But after having one good year it ruined him, now the same thing is happening to Vlad jr.

He’s like 25 years old right? He’s probably got another 8-10 years at the highest level Chill bro

Bruh this dude has the body of his father when senior was a prospect looking for a pro contract at the dodgers dominican summer league complex , vlad sr had all the tools as a teenager but never got taken seriously until he put down the rice and plantains and lost all that baby fat , jr is literally one of the most disappointing athletes on the planet because he’s a guy that could consistently put up 40-25 seasons but he just doesn’t take his conditioning seriously , baseball doesn’t want prince fielders anymore , I hope he gets his shit together but as an o’s fan I also kind of hope he doesn’t , I mean yea , pretty sure if the jays take him to arbitration again he’s as good as gone

He is not a flyball hitter he is a line drive hitter and the coaches have been trying to get him to lift it which isn’t made for him

Angels will sign him!

As a Yankees fan I hate him, but the fact that you identified what was wrong with his swing just makes me think what are the coaches doing????

Maybe, but he has a conventional swing so I don’t see him getting any better. He put up good numbers because he’s 245 pounds, game is different for someone like him, it’s his swing that is holding him back.

I don’t get why he’s mlb the show 24 cover athlete tbh

All of these sons of big leaguers benefited from nepotism. They outperformed their fathers out of the gate but slowed down because the league caught up with them. No way Cavan biggio or cam bedrosian, Sean burrows, Josh barfield etc should ever got the call.

Linsanity of the mlb

Trade Vladdy to Arizona and watch him come to life. Back with Guriel and Moreno his barrio buddies. He’s just a big kid. Needs to have fun and be recognized. Jay’s became too serious for Vladdy. The NO FUN DUGOUT!

Constructive criticism: should’ve used ops+ when discussing the hitter-friendly conditions in Buffalo v. Toronto… ops+ is park adjusted.

3:55 Austin Riley is not a first baseman

Showing swings he was late on versus a swing he pulled means nothing. He has a launch angle sweet spot issue. Too many ground balls.

I think it’s the weight loss and bad coaching.

Did he lose too much weight? As ironic as that sounds, maybe his body hasn’t been able to adjust just yet

I feel for her. Why Vlady why?

PETE ALONSO NEXT

I always think of these guys at the same time. Why is nobody talking about Fernando tatis junior? He looks like he's going downhill also

Send him to the Angels 😇

He needs to gain his weight back

He would be good on the Yankees or astros he needs no pressure like Javier biaz.

I'd like to say that the ball feels dead this year, a whole lot of 105+mph 20+ degree launch hits are just not going out anymore

He’s hitting .279 this year why was this video even made lolol 🤦🏼‍♂️

Kinda mad I picked this dude 1st on my Fantasy Team

Another Jose Cruz Jr.

Jays coaching the problem……?

Just wait until a contract season

Sano 2.0?

He will never be his father

when you trade players who have fun and keep the mood light in the clubhouse, it sends a message that you're not supposed to have fun, you're supposed to put up numbers. so when you're not having fun, you're tense and trying to do too much and end up doing worse which lowers your confidence and productivity and sends you into a downward spiral

The Jays are doing a very bad job at developing their young talent.

I 'm putting most of the blame on management. Bad coaching and think something has to be said about how important surrounding young talent with other power hitters is to these hitters. The more Shatkins has traded away power hitters the more he's regressed. Having zero protection in the lineup and having all the pressure of being "the guy" has taken its toll imo

He’s shown us what he is. He’s an average MLB hitter, and below average on defense (gold glove was not earned). He’s not an All-Star. His 2024 is on par with every year, his MVP season was an outlier

Based on what we know right now, 2021 was an outlier for him. Something has been off with him mentally since then. He looks lost. The Jays are a mess because the front office and coaching are poor. I am a Jays fan - but the organization have deep problems building a good team even if some prospects who are right now at a Triple-A level are good. Vladdy is not the best defensive player. He sometimes makes costly errors. If he had been a consistent hitter he would play DH, but he has not been consistent lately hitting-wise. Does he have the potential to do much better? Of course. Will he? Perhaps. But he needs more confidence, more maturity and to work more on his weaknesses. Possible too that something is wrong with his timing and coordination when he hits.

So he can’t hit fast balls he hits the ball too low and he can’t pull the ball. The technical term for this is sucking. By the way, I’m a big Vladdy fan. I watch these videos because I really want somebody to tell me he’s gonna get better.

My brother is a jays fan and he swears it’s because of the HR derby Vladdy participated in. He changed his mechanics when training for the derby. You noticed this too when you pointed out the extra bat movement during the toe tap.