By Canadian Press

Vladimir Guerrero expresses pride in son’s promotion to triple-A Buffalo Bisons

Jul 29, 2018 | 4:30 PM

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Vladimir Guerrero said Sunday that he’s “extremely happy” his son Vladimir Guerrero Jr. will take one step closer to the big leagues when he reports to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons on Tuesday.

Guerrero noted that Sunday is Father’s Day in the Dominican Republic, and said he couldn’t ask for a better day for his son’s promotion and his own induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

“It means a lot to me that this promotion came today,” he said at a news conference following his induction ceremony in Cooperstown, NY.

“In fact, Vladdy Jr. made me a surprise video for Fathers’ Day. “Many people around me thought I was going to cry when I saw it, because they did.”

Guerrero said he wished his son “the best of chances, but especially to keep working hard.”

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Guerrero Jr., who was present at his father’s ceremony, gave the Toronto Blue Jays little choice but to name him to their Triple-A affiliate.

Listed as the top prospect in baseball by MLB Pipeline, he’s batting .402 with 14 homers and 60 runs batted in through 61 games at double-A New Hampshire this season.

The 19-year-old third baseman missed a month of the season with a strained left patellar tendon and returned to game action two weeks ago.

The son of the former Montreal Expos star signed with the Blue Jays as a 16-year-old international free agent in 2015.

Frederic Daigle, The Canadian Press