Blue Jays' Eloy Jimenez has craziest connection to Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
This is a pretty amazing historical anecdote.
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Eloy Jimenez and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. are officially teammates for the first time on Sunday. The Toronto Blue Jays sluggers have been connected for a long time before this, though.
Jimenez didn't used to be a part of the Toronto organization -- he only signed in the offseason, and he began the campaign at Triple-A Buffalo. He was called up on Sunday with George Springer placed on the 10-day Injured List, and Jimenez is now back in the major leagues. He didn't get a single MLB appearance in 2025.
It's been a long time since he hit 31 home runs in his rookie season for the Chicago White Sox . Anyway, about that connection. The 2019 MLB Pipeline top-100 prospects list featured Guerrero at No.