{"id":487593,"date":"2025-10-20T23:52:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T03:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/vladimir-guerrero-jr-is-named-2025-american-league-championship-series-mvp\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T23:52:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T03:52:36","slug":"vladimir-guerrero-jr-is-named-2025-american-league-championship-series-mvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/vladimir-guerrero-jr-is-named-2025-american-league-championship-series-mvp\/","title":{"rendered":"Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is named 2025 American League Championship Series MVP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<strong>Toronto, Canada<\/strong>. Dominican power shone again on the biggest baseball stages. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was named <strong>Most Valuable Player (MVP)<\/strong> of the <strong>American League Championship Series (ALCS)<\/strong>, after leading the <strong>Toronto Blue Jays<\/strong> to their first <strong>World Series<\/strong> appearance since 1993.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/jonron-decisivo-de-springer-impulsa-a-los-blue-jays-a-la-serie-mundial-por-primera-vez-desde-1993\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/jonron-decisivo-de-springer-impulsa-a-los-blue-jays-a-la-serie-mundial-por-primera-vez-desde-1993\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Springer&#8217;s decisive home run<\/strong> propels the Blue Jays to the World Series for the first time since 1993<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nWith a historic performance, Guerrero Jr. hit <strong>six home runs<\/strong> during the series, matching the records of legends like <strong>Joe Carter<\/strong> and <strong>Jos\u00e9 Bautista<\/strong>, with a batting average of <strong>.385<\/strong> and an impressive <strong>OPS of 1.330<\/strong>. In the seven games against the Seattle Mariners, the Dominican player was unstoppable, being the offensive engine that drove the Blue Jays to complete a memorable comeback.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is your ALCS MVP \ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UNa0691GUA\">pic.twitter.com\/UNa0691GUA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; MLB (@MLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MLB\/status\/1980474127128698991?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n&#8220;<strong>He is the visible face of the franchise<\/strong>,&#8221; stated manager <strong>John Schneider<\/strong>, who has been with Guerrero since his minor league years. &#8220;He has embraced his leadership role on and off the field with maturity and commitment. It&#8217;s a privilege to manage him.&#8221;\n\nGuerrero Jr., 26, solidified his status as one of the most dominant superstars in today&#8217;s baseball. Since his debut in 2019, he has been the cornerstone of Toronto&#8217;s sports project, and this postseason has confirmed all the potential that led him to be one of the most anticipated figures of his generation.\n\n&#8220;**He&#8217;s become everything we expected, and it&#8217;s only going to get better,**&#8221; said teammate **George Springer**. &#8220;He has talent, discipline, and incredible humility. He&#8217;s the kind of player who inspires you every day in the clubhouse.&#8221;\n\nThe Dominican, son of Hall of Fame member <strong>Vladimir Guerrero Sr.<\/strong>, thus adds a new achievement to his young but already illustrious career. His performance not only led Toronto to the American League championship, but also made him the first Dominican player to win the <strong>ALCS MVP<\/strong> with the Blue Jays.\n\nToronto is now preparing to face the <strong>Los Angeles Dodgers<\/strong> in the <strong>2025 World Series<\/strong>, with Guerrero Jr. as the main figure and symbol of the resurgence of a franchise that dreams again of glory.\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key MVP Data:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Batting average:<\/strong> .385<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Home runs:<\/strong> 6<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>OPS:<\/strong> 1.330<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Strikeouts:<\/strong> 2 in the entire series<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First Dominican MVP of the ALCS with Toronto<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto, Canada. Dominican power shone again on the biggest baseball stages. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the American League Championship Series (ALCS), after leading the Toronto Blue Jays to their first World Series appearance since 1993. You may be interested in: JSpringer&#8217;s decisive home run propels the Blue Jays to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"featured_media":487595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,40813,13766,40853],"class_list":["post-487593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-leagues","tag-mlb","tag-thetruthnewspaper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-22Qp","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_20251020-235131_Instagram.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yamell Rossi","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-7a176880-76f8-4b0c-9527-4e34feef45e4-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Screenshot_20251020-235131_Instagram.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/972"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}