Alvarez is the Houston Astros‘ #3 prospect and has been living under the shadows of Forrest Whitley and Kyle Tucker. But he has been tearing it up so far this year for the AAA Round Rock Express. In fact, he has outperformed Guerrero this season and they have very similar numbers over their four-year careers in the minors.
So why is Vladimir Guerrero Jr. getting all the hype? If he didn’t have a famous father with the same name, would he still be getting all the headlines? I’d be willing to bet your average baseball fan, outside of the Houston Astros’ fan base, hasn’t even heard of Alvarez.