Vladimir Guerrero Jr. might be described as the “homeless home-run slugger.”

Or, better yet, he might also be labeled a legitimate Triple Crown threat.

Guerrero, 22, plays first base for the nomadic Toronto Blue Jays, who haven’t played a true home game since Sept. 29, 2019.

Because of COVID-19-related border restrictions, the Blue Jays played the entire 2020 season in Buffalo, N.Y., site of Toronto’s AAA farm club, the Buffalo Bisons.

The American League squad began this season playing home games at its Dunedin, Fla., training site and have since moved back to Buffalo, 99 miles from Toronto. 

While there is optimism the border restrictions may be lifted this summer, the Blue Jays will continue to play in Buffalo at least until the end of July.

None of this suitcase packing has slowed down the powerful bat of the 6-foot-2, 250-pound Guerrero.

Heading into this week, he was leading the American League in the Triple Crown categories: hitting (.344), home runs (21) and runs batted in (55).

The Triple Crown is arguably baseball’s most prestigious award. While there are league MVPs and World Series champs every year, Triple Crown champs come along only every few generations.

The last American League Triple Crown winner was Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera in 2012. And before Cabrera, there was Boston’s Carl Yastrzemski in 1967.

The last National League Triple Crown winner was Philadelphia’s Chuck Klein in 1933.

Guerrero was born in 1999 in Montreal to Vladimir Guerrero Sr. and Riquelma Ramos. Guerrero Sr. was playing for the Montreal Expos at the time and in 2018 was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

At a young age, Guerrero Jr. moved with his mother back to the Dominican Republic, where both parents were born.

Guerrero lists his nationality as Canadian-Dominican. He was signed by Toronto in 2015 for $3.9 million. At 17, he began his pro career in 2016, and in 2018, he played for New Hampshire of the Eastern League in games against the Richmond Flying Squirrels.

In parts of three seasons with Toronto, he has swatted 43 homers in just 244 games.

All involved with the Blue Jays are hoping the team can move back into the friendly confines of the Rogers Centre—famous for its fully retractable motorized roof—by August.

Blue Jays fans are starved for local action, and it’s not often you get a chance to cheer for a Triple Crown contender.