Vladimir Guerrero Jr. earns another AL Player of the Week honor after hot stretch

Regardless of how many players went in or out of the Toronto Blue Jays' clubhouse at this year's trade deadline, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is doing his thing and sticking with what works.

The slugger has brought home the American League Player of the Week "Award" handed out by MLB. This is the sixth time in his big league career that he's earned the honor and the second time in a little over a month. At just 25 years of age, he's now behind Carlos Delgado (nine times) and George Bell (eight times) in Blue Jays all-time Player of the Week honors.

Dating back to July 1, Guerrero is tied for third in the league in runs scored, tied for eighth in RBI, fourth in batting average and SLG, fifth in wRC+ and has posted 1.5 fWAR in just 28 games. He's been on absolute fire lately and deserves some love for the stretch of games he's been putting together.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. named AL Player of the Week

Over the last seven days, Guerrero hit .536/.606/1.107 with a jaw-dropping 1.713 OPS. He also hit three home runs, drove in eight runs and walked (four times) more than he struck out (three times). It's no wonder why he was named the league's top performer in that stretch.

Heading into Tuesday's matchup against the first-place Orioles, Guerrero is currently riding a cool 17-game hitting streak. In nearly every facet of his game, he's performing like he did back in 2021 when he nearly won the Triple Crown and took home the AL MVP Award. This time, he doesn't have a two-way phenom in his way, but rather a 6-foot-7 behemoth of an outfielder over on the division rival New York Yankees.

On the season, Guerrero has 22 home runs, 72 RBI and a .316 batting average in 111 games. His 160 OPS+ is just seven points below where he was in 2021, but it still suggests that he's been 60 percent above league-average at the plate this year. That'll play nicely.

As the days go by and he remains one of the top offensive talents in the game, Guerrero is doing nothing but padding his case for a long-term contract extension. If the Blue Jays need to choose between him or Bo Bichette, it feels that the former, who has vastly outperformed the latter this year, is running away as the obvious choice.

Over in the National League, Giants lefty Blake Snell took home the honors after throwing the first no-hitter of his career against the faltering Cincinnati Reds. Surprisingly, that no-hitter was not only the first time in Snell's career that he threw a complete game, but also the first time he ever even threw a pitch in the ninth inning.