Vlad Jr. bashes his way to weekly award

It didn't take long for Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to bring his dominance to the Minors' highest level.
Baseball's top prospect dazzled in his second week with Triple-A Buffalo, homering in four consecutive games from Aug. 8-11 en route to International League Player of the Week honors. It is the third Player of the Week award for the 19-year-old this season and fourth in his career.

"He's very, very strong and he's got a great swing," said Corey Hart, Guerrero's hitting coach at Buffalo. "But hands down, the most important one is he's a fierce competitor."

Hart, who spent eight seasons in the Minors himself, praised Guerrero's approach.

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"He's just ready to hit every time," Hart told MiLB.com. "He's able to go up there and look for a fastball and be ready to hit a fastball, and if they throw something up in the zone other than a fastball that he can hit, he does. I think it's because he's ready to hit that fastball that he's able to adjust to the other stuff."

The slugging third baseman is hitting .395 with seven RBIs over a dozen International League games so far. He actually had his average up to .462 on Aug. 9 against Gwinnett.

Guerrero went 3-for-4 on Aug. 7 before adding three more hits -- including his first Triple-A homer -- and two RBIs a day later. He went 2-for-4 with a homer on Aug. 9, belted a solo shot on Aug. 10 for his lone hit of the night in a series-opener against Toledo and then went 2-for-4 with another long ball on Aug. 11 against the Mud Hens. The streak finally ended Sunday when he went hitless in four at-bats.

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For the week, Guerrero batted .458 with five RBIs, six runs scored and a double. He only struck out twice and finished with a 1.000 slugging percentage.

The son of Hall of Fame outfielder Vladimir Guerrero tormented Eastern League pitchers for four months, hitting .402 with 14 homers, 60 RBIs and a .449 OBP in 61 games with Double-A New Hampshire. He took home a pair of Player of the Week awards during his time with Fisher Cats this season. His first weekly honor came last year with Dunedin in the Class A Advanced Florida State League.

Here is the complete list of Minor League Offensive Players of the Week for Aug. 6-12:

League	Player	Team	MLB	Stats
International	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	Buffalo	TOR	.458/.458/1.000, 6 G, 11-for-24, 1 2B, 4 HR, 5 RBI, 6 R, 0 BB, 2 K
Pacific Coast	Austin Dean	New Orleans	MIA	.647/.700/1.353, 5 G, 11-for-17, 3 2B, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 7 R, 3 BB, 5 K
Eastern	Michael Chavis	Portland	BOS	.560/.593/.880, 6 G, 14-for-25, 2 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 7 R, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 SB, 1 CS
Southern	Michael Brosseau	Montgomery	TB	.500/.600/1.000, 6 G, 10-for-20, 4 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 8 R, 3 BB, 3 K
Texas	Ronnie Dawson	Corpus Christi	HOU	.450/.500/.800, 6 G, 9-for-20, 1 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 7 R, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 SB, 1 CS
California	Carlos Rincon	Rancho Cucamonga	LAD	.364/.440/1.182, 6 G, 8-for-22, 0 2B, 6 HR, 8 RBI, 8 R, 2 BB, 5 K
Carolina	Luis Gonzalez	Winston-Salem	CWS	.412/.500/.941, 5 G, 7-for-17, 3 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 6 R, 3 BB, 3 K
Florida State	Ibandel Isabel	Daytona	CIN	.500/.538/1.250, 6 G, 12-for-24, 3 2B, 5 HR, 8 RBI, 7 R, 2 BB, 9 K
Midwest	Jesus Navarro	Lansing	TOR	.650/.682/.850, 6 G, 13-for-20, 4 2B, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 7 R, 2 BB, 3 K
South Atlantic	Rodolfo Duran	Lakewood	PHI	.474/.500/1.053, 6 G, 9-for-19, 2 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 4 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 CS
New York-Penn	Stanley Espinal	State College	PHI	.440/.481/.640, 6 G, 11-for-25, 0 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 4 R, 1 BB, 4 K)
Northwest	Diego Rincones	Salem-Keizer	SF	.316/.350/.842, 4 G, 6-for-19, 1 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 4 R, 0 BB, 2 K
Appalachian	Wander Franco	Princeton	TB	.500/.571/.708, 6 G, 12-for-24, 2 2B, 1 HR, 11 RBI, 7 R, 4 BB, 2 K
Pioneer	Zack Shannon	Missoula	ARI	.438/.474/.813, 4 G, 7-for-16, 3 2B, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 1 R, 2 BB, 3 K