![]() That’s why I don’t want to say I’m going to go out there and try to walk, I’m just going to look for the pitch that I’m really looking for in that at-bat and still be aggressive. “I don’t want to say that I’m going to take more walks because if I think that way I probably lose some of the aggressiveness from my swing. “That’s what I’ve been doing with Guillermo, working on that plan. “I think the key to that is you have to create a plan and that starts here in spring training,” Guerrero Jr. There’s really no reason that Guerrero, as feared as he is, shouldn’t be in that range each and every season. Last year, nine players across baseball walked more than 80 times. It’s not about attempting to take more walks, it’s about being OK with them. “Just making sure to make adjustments every at-bat, every pitch, and work on those little things that I know I can get better at and, of course, help my team win this year,” he added. “I was very anxious last year, especially during my at-bats. “It was more about getting anxious,” Guerrero Jr. There were many games where Vladdy would scorch two or three balls into the ground at 100-plus mph and they’d be outs.įor Guerrero, it was about being jumpy in the box and not as selective as he needed to be. ![]() Once again, there’s a renewed focus as well on getting the ball in the air.Īfter dropping his groundball rate from 54.6 per cent in 2020 all the way down to 44.8 per cent in his monster 2021, it shot back up just as quickly last year, settling in at 52.1 per cent. The game came to him so easy in 2021 because he just let it happen and pretty much just trusted himself.” “I think he was chasing numbers and if you chase numbers you chase a lot of things and that’s what was happening in 2022. “Just letting the game come to him,” Jays hitting coach Guillermo Martinez said of the message this spring. There’s a clear focus to get back to simply accepting he won’t get many pitches to hit at times, especially when the 23-year-old is in a groove. Whether it was chasing breaking balls off the plate from time to time or getting sawed off inside, there were many instances of Guerrero simply trying to do too much instead of taking his walk and letting the Jays lineup do the rest. The walk rate dipped from 12.3 per cent in 2021 to 8.2 per cent last year, a difference of 28 free passes. His desire to do damage rather than swing at the right pitches showed up in the numbers. Unconsciously, you get anxious and I think that was the key for the numbers I had last year.” ![]() That’s why, I think, everything happened, trying to put up better numbers last year than 2021. “So, of course, you know the numbers I put up in 2021, and it’s natural that the next year I wanted to have an even better year. said at his locker Tuesday on the first official day of position player workouts. “When you’re a ballplayer, you’re trying to get better every year,” Guerrero Jr. Guerrero admitted he was chasing the same type of numbers right from the get-go last year, and he’s learned from it. 311/.401/.601 and 48 homers he painted onto the back of his baseball card two seasons ago. included - knows the ceiling is much, much higher than that after the monster line of. The majority of players across the league would be happy with 32 home runs and a. If that pitch never comes, he’ll get back to taking his walks in bunches. ![]() Unable to match his MVP-type numbers from 2021 last year, the Toronto Blue Jays star has come into camp this spring with a renewed focus on trusting his immense talent and swinging at the right pitches. Selectivity is the key word for Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
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