POLL: Will Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Hit For The Triple Crown? Screw The MVP Shohei Ohtani!

There’s been tons of chatter about who’s going to win the AL MVP, Shohei Ohtani has been in the spotlight all year because he’s basically the guy that ‘both hits and pitches’.

For that fact alone, despite the Angels having no chance of making the playoffs, Shohei will probably win the MVP this year.

But Vlad is greedy and looking at a much bigger prize… The fabled Triple Crown.

This happens when a player hits for the highest batting average, gets the most home runs and drives in the most RBIs. As you’ll see below, it doesn’t happen very often..

Will Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Hit For The Triple Crown?

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is right there and has a legitimate shot provided he continues to remain hot.

Starling Marte was traded to Oakland from Miami (NL) at the trade deadline and currently the batting average leader, so not sure how that works… Vlad also needs to get a few RBIs as well to get this done.

Hitting for the Triple Crown is very rare.. How about for a 22 year old? Could that get him the MVP nod as well?

Triple Crown Winners – American League

YEAR	PLAYER	TEAM	HR	RBI	BA
2012	Miguel Cabrera	Detroit Tigers	44	139	.330
1967	Carl Yastrzemski	Boston Red Sox	44	121	.326
1966	Frank Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	49	122	.316
1956	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	52	130	.353
1947	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	32	114	.343
1942	Ted Williams	Boston Red Sox	36	137	.356
1934	Lou Gehrig	New York Yankees	49	165	.363
1933	Jimmie Foxx	Philadelphia Athletics	48	163	.356

Triple Crown Winners – National League

YEAR	PLAYER	TEAM	HR	RBI	BA
1937	Joe Medwick	St. Louis Cardinals	31	154	.374
1933	Chuck Klein	Philadelphia Phillies	28	120	.368
1925	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	39	143	.403
1922	Rogers Hornsby	St. Louis Cardinals	42	152	.401

With the way Toronto is hitting right now, it would seem that Vlad Jr has an excellent chance here, what do you think his odds are?

Will Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Hit For The Triple Crown?
- Yes. Vlad is hot, the Blue Jays are hot. Vlad is the King of Baseball
- No. It will be close, but too many other players are in his way