Top Jays prospect Guererro named top Canadian offensive minor-league player
Toronto Blue Jays prospect Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has been named the winner of the Randall Echlin Award as the Canadian offensive minor-league player of the year.
Guerrero split his 2018 season between class-A Advanced Dunedin, double-A New Hampshire and triple-A Buffalo, putting up big offensive numbers at all levels.
The 19-year-old, who was born in Montreal while his father was starring for the Expos in 1999, batted a minor-league best .381 in 95 games. He also added 136 hits, 20 home runs, 78 runs batted in and a combined .636 slugging percentage and 1.073 OPS.
The Randall Echlin Award is the latest honour Guerrero, who was also named Baseball America’s Minor League Player of the Year, MLB Pipeline Hitter of the Year and received Baseball America First-Team All-Star honours.