Guerrero at home on the hot corner

After five years away from 'favourite position,' Jays star says he feels comfortable playing third

- ROSIE DIMANNO

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. didn't like the question. Which we know because those Spanish lessons came in handy. So it didn't matter that the interpreter edited out the answer.

"Why is she asking me that question? I'm not thinking about that. Why does she always come at me with the negative? Ask her that."

It was a perfectly valid inquiry to put to Guerrero. How much more confident did he feel playing third base on Sunday after not appearing there since his rookie season in 2019, when he committed 17 errors at the hot corner?

Guerrero didn't even get a ball to field until the seventh inning of a close-out matinee against Pittsburgh at the Rogers Centre, which the Blue Jays won 5-4. So now the Jays have proved they can sweep a series against the worst team in the majors, the Chicago White Sox, and take a series off the 11th-worst team, the Pirates.

Although it was a close thing by the ninth inning when the visitors drew within one run. All four of Pittsburgh's runs were driven in by former Jay Rowdy Tellez, who was handling the bag at first for Toronto the last time Guerrero started at third.

"No, I was not anxious at all," Guerrero claimed about waiting for a ball to come to him, which he caught deftly, showing off a powerful arm on the throw to first for the out. "I was ready. Just trust myself at third base."