Celebrations are a fun part of sports. But if you’re not careful, they can go viral for the wrong reasons.
Just ask Vlad Guerrero Jr., who raised a finger to the New York Yankees home crowd after hitting a home run in the seventh inning, while the Toronto Blue Jays were trailing by seven.
According to Stathead, Guerrero Jr. is 36-41 against New York in 78 career games since 2019. He’s maintained a .272 batting average, totaled 50 RBIs, and including his latest, hit 16 home runs against the Yankees.
Guerrero Jr.’s hoping this is the start of an uptick in his 2024 output. It’s been a slow start for the 2023 All-Star.
He’s hitting just .182/.325/.689 with two home runs and two RBIs.
But irregardless of Guerrero’s antics, New York beat Toronto nine runs to eight in a continuation of their hot 2024 start. They’re looking the part of World Series hopefuls.
Especially if Giancarlo Stanton can build off his momentum established in this series.
Going into the April 6 win over the Blue Jays, Stanton was batting .125, and had a single home run in the Yankees’ March 29 win over the Houston Astros. Questions were piling up for the 2017 league-MVP.
Joel Sherman of the New York Post went as far as to place Stanton among the MLB’s “most expensive disappointments,” in an April 6 column.
