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A Night To Remember For The ALCS MVP: Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

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NEW YORK, NY — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had a Monday night to remember at the Rogers Centre. 

By helping lead the Blue Jays to their third-ever World Series appearance as Toronto clinched the 2025 American League Pennant on a thrilling 4-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners in Game 7 of the ALCS, the 26-year-old Dominican superstar, born in Montreal, Canada, stamped himself amongst the country’s all-time sporting greats. 

And Toronto’s sold-out crowd of 44,770, along with all of Canada and the Dominican Republic let him know it. 

“I was born here,” he said in his postgame media conference. “I grew up in the Dominican, and then from the moment that I signed here, that I knew I was going to be here my entire career, I knew I had to make—somehow to make all the fans, the entire country, proud of me, of my team. And like I always say, my challenge is to bring the World Series here back to Canada.”

Carrying his team on his back throughout the majority of this action-packed best of seven series, Guerrero Jr. was named the 2025 ALCS MVP, compiling an absurd slash line of .385/.484/.846 with a 1.330 OPS in result of three home runs, 10 total hits and four walks. 

“When you have faith in God, things happen,” he said as his goal ahead is to win a World Series ring so he can give it to his father, Vladimir Guerrero Sr. “I mean, when you visualize that, things happen. And that’s what I did. I visualized it, that I was going to be where I’m at right now, and this happened.”

In addition, Guerrero Jr. became the 25th Latino in MLB postseason history to ever be named a Championship Series MVP, joining a list of several familiar star names—information courtesy of Erick José Lantigua (@EJLantigua on X, formerly known as Twitter). 

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — ALCS 2025

Ketel Marte — NLCS 2023

Adolis García — ALCS 2023

Jeremy Peña — ALCS 2022

Yordan Álvarez — ALCS 2021

Eddie Rosario — NLCS 2021

Randy Arozarena — ALCS 2020

José Altuve — ALCS 2019

Javier Báez — NLCS 2016

Alcides Escobar — ALCS 2015

Marco Scutaro — NLCS 2012

Nelson Cruz — ALCS 2011

Plácido Polanco — ALCS 2006

David Ortiz — ALCS 2004

Albert Pujols — NLCS 2004

Mariano Rivera — ALCS 2003

Iván Rodríguez — NLCS 2003

Benito Santiago — NLCS 2002

Orlando Hernández — ALCS 1999

Eddie Pérez — NLCS 1999

Liván Hernández — NLCS 1997

Bernie Williams — ALCS 1996

Javy López — NLCS 1996

Roberto Alomar — ALCS 1992

Manny Trillo — NLCS 1980

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