HIS CONFIDENCE BEAMED, even as his aura faded.
"In my mind," Vladimir Guerrero Jr. said earlier this month, "I'm the best in the world."
Guerrero firmly believes this now, while re-emerging as one of the game's best hitters. But he also believed it in 2022, when his numbers dipped in the wake of a breakthrough season. In 2023, when his production fell even further. At the end of this past April, when his batting average stood at just .229. And a month later, when he was stuck on five home runs through the Toronto Blue Jays' first 56 games.