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Evenko announced on Feb. 24 that former Expos star Vladimir Guerrero will be honoured on Friday, April 3 at Olympic Stadium before a preseason game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Cincinnati Reds.

Guerrero — one of the greatest players in Expos history — made his major-league debut with Montreal in 1996 and went on to be a nine-time all-star, ending his major-league career with a .318 batting average, 2,590 hits, 449 home runs and 1,496 RBIs. He left the Expos after the 2003 season as a free agent, joining the Anaheim (Los Angeles) Angels. He also had stops in Texas and Baltimore.

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Also being honoured before the 7 p.m. game at Olympic Stadium will be former Expos shortstop Orlando Cabrera, who played for the Expos from 1997 to 2004 and won two Gold Glove Awards.

The Blue Jays and Reds will play a second preseason game at Olympic Stadium on Saturday, April 4 at 1 p.m. Before that game, former Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston and former second-baseman Roberto Alomar will be honoured with former Expos first-baseman Tony Perez also taking part in the pregame ceremonies. Gaston and Alomar were part of the Blue Jays teams that won the World Series in 1992 and 1993.

This will mark the second year the Blue Jays play a pair of preseason games at Olympic Stadium. Last year, more than 96,000 fans watched two games between the Blue Jays and New York Mets.

Tickets for this year’s games range in price from $19 to $84 and are available at evenko.ca.