<p>The 2025 regular season was one to largely forget for <a href="http://bluejaysnation.com">Toronto Blue Jays</a> star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. He can make all of that a mere footnote with a big offensive performance in the postseason.</p>
<div>Guerrero&#8217;s 23 home runs and 84 RBIs in 156 games were his lowest totals in those two categories over the course of a full 162-game season since his rookie campaign in 2019, when he hit 15 home runs and drove in 69 runs over 123 games.</div>
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<div>His struggles were particularly glaring down the stretch of the regular season. Guerrero slashed .172/.213/.190 with zero home runs and four RBIs over his last 15 games and 58 at-bats. Guerrero only hit two home runs with a .271 batting average and a .679 OPS over the last 30 games of 2025. The criticism directed towards him would have been extremely loud if the Blue Jays hadn&#8217;t found a way to hold off the New York Yankees and win the American League East for the first time since 2015.</div>
<p>Guerrero&#8217;s entering the postseason in one of his worst offensive funks in recent memory. With shortstop Bo Bichette&#8217;s <a href="https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/2025/10/01/news-notes-bichette-remains-day-to-day-berrios-check-up-reveals-structural-damage-yesavage-expected-alds-roster/">status up in the air</a> heading into Game 1 of the ALDS, the Blue Jays need Guerrero to find the form he&#8217;s capable of and emerge as an offensive linchpin to lead the team.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">“I’m born here. This is my home. It’s important for me to celebrate this moment with the fans” &#8211; Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 🇨🇦 <a href="https://t.co/dBTDCHICfp">pic.twitter.com/dBTDCHICfp</a></p>
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<p>Guerrero&#8217;s postseason numbers have been a well-documented issue. In six playoff contests, Guerrero has just three hits across 22 at-bats (.136 average), one extra-base hit, and one run scored. Six games is a minuscule sample size, but Guerrero hasn&#8217;t looked comfortable in October thus far.</p>
<p>Despite the postseason struggles and a frigid finish at the plate in the regular season, Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins remains extremely confident in Guerrero making a major impact for the club in the postseason.</p>
<p>&#8220;He’s been one of the best players in the game and will continue to be,&#8221; Atkins said, according to <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/bo-bichette-knee-questionable-alds-vladimir-guerrero-jr-blue-jays">Keegan Matheson of MLB.com</a>. &#8220;He’s going to be a force for us in the playoffs.&#8221;</p>
<div>For better or worse, fans usually define a superstar player&#8217;s season based on how they perform when the lights are the brightest in the postseason. Yankees superstar Aaron Judge is a prime example of that. Judge hit 58 home runs with 144 RBIs en route to winning his second AL MVP in three years last season. However, Judge&#8217;s performance fell off a cliff in the postseason, as he hit just .184 with a .752 OPS across 14 games. Judge&#8217;s lasting memory from the 2024 postseason was dropping a routine fly ball in Game 5 of the World Series as the Yankees eventually blew a lead and saw their season end at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers.</div>
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<div>The Blue Jays paid Guerrero $500 million to be the face of the franchise and their undisputed leader and superstar. Superstars find a way to make an impact in the biggest moments. The Blue Jays need Guerrero to put his postseason problems behind him and author a handful of signature moments in what will hopefully be a long and successful run through October.</div>
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The 2025 regular season was one to largely forget for <a href="http://bluejaysnation.com">Toronto Blue Jays</a> star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. He can make all of that a mere footnote with a big offensive performance in the postseason.
<div>Guerrero's 23 home runs and 84 RBIs in 156 games were his lowest totals in those two categories over the course of a full 162-game season since his rookie campaign in 2019, when he hit 15 home runs and drove in 69 runs over 123 games.</div>
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<div>His struggles were particularly glaring down the stretch of the regular season. Guerrero slashed .172/.213/.190 with zero home runs and four RBIs over his last 15 games and 58 at-bats. Guerrero only hit two home runs with a .271 batting average and a .679 OPS over the last 30 games of 2025. The criticism directed towards him would have been extremely loud if the Blue Jays hadn't found a way to hold off the New York Yankees and win the American League East for the first time since 2015.</div>
Guerrero's entering the postseason in one of his worst offensive funks in recent memory. With shortstop Bo Bichette's <a href="https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/2025/10/01/news-notes-bichette-remains-day-to-day-berrios-check-up-reveals-structural-damage-yesavage-expected-alds-roster/">status up in the air</a> heading into Game 1 of the ALDS, the Blue Jays need Guerrero to find the form he's capable of and emerge as an offensive linchpin to lead the team.

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Guerrero's postseason numbers have been a well-documented issue. In six playoff contests, Guerrero has just three hits across 22 at-bats (.136 average), one extra-base hit, and one run scored. Six games is a minuscule sample size, but Guerrero hasn't looked comfortable in October thus far.

Despite the postseason struggles and a frigid finish at the plate in the regular season, Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins remains extremely confident in Guerrero making a major impact for the club in the postseason.

"He’s been one of the best players in the game and will continue to be," Atkins said, according to <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/bo-bichette-knee-questionable-alds-vladimir-guerrero-jr-blue-jays">Keegan Matheson of MLB.com</a>. "He’s going to be a force for us in the playoffs."
<div>For better or worse, fans usually define a superstar player's season based on how they perform when the lights are the brightest in the postseason. Yankees superstar Aaron Judge is a prime example of that. Judge hit 58 home runs with 144 RBIs en route to winning his second AL MVP in three years last season. However, Judge's performance fell off a cliff in the postseason, as he hit just .184 with a .752 OPS across 14 games. Judge's lasting memory from the 2024 postseason was dropping a routine fly ball in Game 5 of the World Series as the Yankees eventually blew a lead and saw their season end at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers.</div>
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<div>The Blue Jays paid Guerrero $500 million to be the face of the franchise and their undisputed leader and superstar. Superstars find a way to make an impact in the biggest moments. The Blue Jays need Guerrero to put his postseason problems behind him and author a handful of signature moments in what will hopefully be a long and successful run through October.</div>
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