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MANCHESTER, N.H. — One of the many wonders about Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is what he is still doing in the minors.

The Toronto Blue Jays are being cautious with their 19-year-old prospect, who is more than living up to his pedigree as the son of a Hall of Famer by slugging his way through the Double-A Eastern League.

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As the third baseman for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Guerrero is perhaps the most famous prospect in the minors, bringing a .433 batting average into Tuesday night’s home game against the Portland Sea Dogs. He hit his 11th homer of the season, driving in three to up his RBI tally to 53, in the 11-2 Fisher Cats victory.

“I just come up here and try to work every day and control what I can control,” Guerrero said through a translator after batting practice.

Guerrero has grown to be more phenom than prospect through the first 46 games of the season, and he already has a local following in New Hampshire and throughout the Eastern League.