Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has taken a lot of heat this season.

The Blue Jay is having another strong year with the bat, leading all qualified major-league first basemen with an .879 OPS going into Friday night’s series opener against the Dodgers in Los Angeles, but five players had more than twice as many home runs as his 18.

Vladdy’s not getting half a billion dollars (U.S.) to hit singles, bray the masses.

It’s true that Guerrero isn’t going to approach his career highs of 48 home runs and a 1.002 on-base-plus-slugging-percentage from his almost-MVP season of 2021 , but it’s also true that players rarely do such things in the season in which they sign massive contracts. Baseball Opinion

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