It has been nearly a week since Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays suffered a painful Game 7 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2025 World Series. They were so close to dethroning the Dodgers, but just couldn’t get the job done, losing the winner-take-all finale via extra innings to the tune of a 5-4 score.
Despite falling short of the ultimate goal in the big leagues, Guerrero has nothing but great words to say about the Blue Jays and the experience he just had in his seventh MLB season.
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“I KNEW YOU WOULD BE SPECIAL WHEN I KNEW I WOULD BE A BLUE JAY FOREVER,” Guerrero wrote in a post on Instagram on Friday.
“I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY. A YEAR THAT CHANGED MY LIFE. A YEAR THAT MADE ME APPRECIATE TIMES THAT DIDN’T MAKE SENSE. A YEAR I WILL FRAME FOREVER.”
Guerrero also made sure to express his gratitude to everyone who means a lot to him.
Continued the five-time MLB All-Star: “TO MY FAMILY, FANS, TEAMMATES, BLUE JAYS ORGANIZATION, AND MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: THE ABOVE WOULDN’T BE POSSIBLE TO SAY WITHOUT ALL OF YOU. WE WERE BORN READY. WE STAY READY.”
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While there’s never a guarantee that a team will make it back to the World Series, Guerrero will have plenty of opportunities to do it again with the Blue Jays. At just 26 years old, he’s under contract with Toronto through the 2039 season. He signed a 14-year, $500 million contract extension with the Blue Jays in April, and if his first year under that deal is any indication, Toronto fans can expect even better years ahead from him.
During the 2025 MLB season, Guerrero hit .292/.381/.467 with 23 home runs and 84 RBIs to go with a 133 OPS+ through 156 games. He stepped it up in the postseason, where he slashed .397/.494/.795 with eight home runs and 15 RBIs through 18 games for the Blue Jays, who defeated the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series and the Seattle Mariners in the American League Championship Series before falling prey to Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers.
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