Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

CTL-E-5980 · Person · other · 2019–present

PROVISIONAL evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)

Combined Graph record U-07216 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-5980.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr., born 16 March 1999 in Montreal, Canada, and raised largely in the Dominican Republic, is the Toronto Blue Jays' first baseman and the son of Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero Sr. Signed by Toronto in 2015, he debuted in 2019 and grew into the franchise's centerpiece, signing the largest contract in club history. His defining run came in October 2025, when he hit .442 with six home runs in the postseason, won the American League Championship Series MVP Award, and led Toronto to its first World Series since 1993. His 2026 season was, as reported, a difficult one — a .263 average with 9 home runs and 56 RBI in 142 games amid injuries — and on 25 September 2026 he publicly apologized to fans and teammates for comments made during the slump, on his father's counsel. CTL stages him as an Afro-Dominican ballplayer by documented paternal descent; the individual documentation gap is named below.

The record

• Also known as: Vladimir Guerrero Ramos Jr., Vladdy Jr.

Notes

Staged 2026-10-16 under CTL-GOV-006 (Census Intake Wave 4 — 747 Program, Wave 10; 40-record packet). Gate A (2026-10-16): no Vladimir Guerrero Jr. entity in the live graph at 3,683 entities (exact / normalized / alias + token containment); ID CTL-E-5980 assigned at assembly. Supply: 747 Supply Ledger, Tier 3 — Famous Birthdays ABSENT census, readiness rank 1112 (Baseball Players list). The census supplied the NAME ONLY; no fact in this record is sourced to it (CTL-GOV-004). SCOPE GATE: PASS — Afro-Dominican (PROVISIONAL) — descent documented through his father: CNN documents Guerrero Jr. as the son of Dominican Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero Sr.; the father's place in Black Dominican baseball history is the contextual basis. GAP: no source retrieved in this pass states the son's African descent individually; tier held at Provisional until one is filed. Vital status: LIVING — Toronto's starting first baseman in games of 21–23 September 2026 (Sportradar rosters), and publicly active on 25 September 2026. STATISTICS (sourced, dated): 2025 postseason (CNN): .442 average, 6 HR, 12 RBI, ALCS MVP. 2026 regular season, as reported (Albat, 25 September 2026): .263, 9 HR, 56 RBI in 142 games. MEDIA: photo HELD (candidate: Wikimedia Commons portrait of Guerrero Jr. in a Blue Jays uniform; no file page read at file-page level — CTL-PHOTO-001; CTL-created graphic is the standing alternative); chart FILLED (charts/chart-ctl-e-5980-vladimir-guerrero-jr.svg); video HELD (Shorts Link Map checked — no matching CTL Short); audio HELD (no rights basis). Coordinator verification pass (2026-10-16): one additional targeted search for individual-level Afro-Latino / African-descent documentation was run at assembly for this record; no citable individual-level source was found, so the Provisional cap and the named gap stand, pending a sourced document or a founder scope ruling (precedent: Romeo Santos, Census Intake Wave 3). MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Person records carry no map slot under the media-layer rule; maps attach to places and institutions.) | visual_assets = HELD: | chart = FILLED (CTL-created SVG (black / deep red / gold) built only from this record's sourced facts) | video = HELD (No matching-entity CTL Short in the Shorts Link Map catalog (checked by name and variants), and no official/em) | audio = HELD (No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio at staging; the subject's own recordings/appearances are )

Relationships

• Vladimir Guerrero Sr. — child of
  Bleacher Report (October 21, 2025) states that after Vladimir Guerrero Jr. earned ALCS MVP, his father — Baseball Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero — posted pictures with his son; Sports Illustrated the same day states in plain terms: 'His father, Vlad Sr., is a Hall of Famer.' Closes the blocked family edge documented in Census Intake Wave 4.

Sources

• CNN, 24 October 2025 — Montreal-born Guerrero Jr., a Blue Jays player since 2019, hit .442 with 12 RBI and 6 HR in the 2025 postseason, won ALCS MVP and led Toronto to its first World Series since 1993; his father is Baseball Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero Sr., the Dominican 2004 AL MVP and nine-time All-Star — https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/sport/baseball-mlb-vladimir-guerrero-world-series-intl?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_meta (primary source · build store)
• Sportradar / MLB 2026 — Toronto Blue Jays rosters, 21–23 September 2026: Guerrero Jr. starting at first base — https://sportradar.com/?q=2859953851146116125 (build store)
• Albat / The Bigs, 25 September 2026 — as reported: Guerrero Jr.'s 2026 season (.263, 9 HR, 56 RBI in 142 games, with back, concussion and hamstring issues) and his 25 September 2026 public apology, made after his father's intervention — https://en.albat.com/thebigs/mlb-vladimir-guerrero-jr.-has-second-thoughts-his-dad-sets-him-straight-after-controversial-comments-20260925-0040.html (build store)

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