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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Is Living up to His Father’s Name — but When Will He Reach the Majors?

May 15, 2018

Minor League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Toronto Blue Jays

This future MLB superstar has been crushing minor league competition. Is it time for the Toronto Blue Jays to call him up? The son of Hall-of-Fame electee Vladimir Guerrero is an absolute stud. Only 19 years o...

Jones, Guerrero, Thome, Hoffman Elected to Hall of Fame

Brent Maguire

Jan 24, 2018

Baseball History, Hall of Fame, Headlines, Major League Baseball

The results are in: Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome, and Trevor Hoffman are the newest members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Along with Alan Trammell and Jack Morris, who were elected via the Modern...

Top 10 MLB Free Agent Contracts of All Time

Brent Maguire

Jan 12, 2018

Headlines, Major League Baseball, Offseason

MLB Free Agency is one of the biggest crapshoots in all of sports. Given that more and more players are signing pre-arbitration deals that lock them up into their late twenties, most players reach free agency i...

Looking Ahead To The 2017 Hall of Fame Class

Josh Eastern

Jan 6, 2016

Baseball History, Features, Hall of Fame, Headlines

With the 2016 Baseball Hall of Fame class consisting of two very worthy members in Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza, the voters of the BBWAA will have another ballot to cast one year from now. Griffey Jr. rec...

Baseball Essential’s Top Posts of 2015

Joshua Sadlock

Dec 31, 2015

Boston Red Sox, Features, Headlines, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays

The year 2015 can only be described as a smashing success for all of us at Baseball Essential. We continued growing, adding new writers, making connections in the baseball world, all while putting our best foot...

Trader Jack Does It Again

Gabriel Bogart

Jun 3, 2015

Breaking News, Features, Opinions & Predictions, Seattle Mariners

It's now June and here in Seattle the weather is gorgeous. Wait, what's that suddenly approaching dark gray cloud bank coming in from Puget Sound? Why it's the news that Jack Zduriencik has yet again succeeded ...

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Ready to Follow in Dad’s Footsteps, Surpass Him

Matthew Marotta

Mar 18, 2015

Features, Headlines, Interviews

Don Gregorio, Dominican Republic March 16, 2015 Today, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. turns 16 years old, which may be a surprise to anyone who has seen him. Vlad Jr. will sign his first Major League contract on J...

Batting Practice, Guerrero Style

Joshua Sadlock

Mar 14, 2015

Features, Major League Baseball

If there was one player in the past 20 years who best espoused the old Dominican Repbulic saying, "You don't walk off the island," it was Vladimir Guerrero. During his 16 year Major League career, there was no...

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