Toronto Blue Jays superstar Vladimir Guerrero Jr leaves the game with an injury
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Bobby Ohr
August 18, 2025 (8:25 PM)
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Blue Jays Vladimir Guerrero Jr leaves the game against the Pirates
News broke during the game that
Guerrero left when the team sent out Ty France to pinch hit for Guerrero with no update on what the injury is.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is out of the game.
Ty France is pinch-hitting for him here in the 5th. #BlueJays
Status alert: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leaves game Monday.
It looks like many believe an injury might have occurred when Guerrero made another splits catch at first base on a throw from Bo Bichette in the third inning but the team has yet to confirm.
Bo Bichette and Vlad KEEP making highlight level plays!!
The team announced afterwards that Guerrero was removed from the game with left hamstring tightness but they did not specify how severe the injury is.
1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr was removed from tonight's game with left hamstring tightness.
Blue Jays official did not indicate at what point he felt discomfort or the severity, but we'll likely hear more from John Schneider postgame
In his last 30 games, Guerrero has 9 homeruns and 23 RBIs in 116 at bats with a .362 batting average and .435 on base percentage which would be terrible for the Blue Jays to lose if he goes down with a serious injury.
The game between the Blue Jays and Pirates is still not over but fans are not too concerned with the game at this point and want more information on Guerrero.
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