Vladimir Guerrero Jr. undergoes vision surgery, hopes it sparks return to MVP form Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has undergone vision surgery in an effort to improve his performance, which slumped to career lows in 2024 with only 9 home runs and a .260 batting average. The procedure, performed by Dr. Gabriel Lazcano, aims to restore his eyesight to the levels seen during his 2021 MVP-worthy season, when he belted 48 homers. Coming off the worst season of his MLB career, Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has taken one big step toward improving his performance next year. "Looking forward to an MVP year and lots of home runs with his new vision," the Instagram post said about the procedure performed by Dr. Gabriel Lazcano. Guerrero, 27, and the Blue Jays certainly hope correcting his vision puts him on the path toward regaining his MVP-caliber form. In 2021 after hitting 48 homers with 121 RBI and a slash average of .311/.401/.601, Guerrero's numbers haven't approached that level while steadily declining.Vladimir Guerrero Jr Declining Performance StatsPerhaps that season was the outlier in his career, but Guerrero had consistently averaged 28 homers during the four years since then. However, his performance cratered this season with just 9 home runs, 25 doubles, 57 RBI and a slash line of .260/.332/.356 in 144 games. That was his fewest number of games since the COVID-shortened campaign of 2020, with concussion and lower back tightness limiting him toward the end of the season.Guerrero also didn't hit a home run in his home ballpark of Rogers Centre until mid-September, a stunning development in a stadium ranked among the top 10 most home run-friendly ballparks in MLB."The money they gave me wasn't for what I'm going to do. It was for what I already did," he said during the postseason. He later apologized for those remarks, prompted by his father, Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero, who told him that he made a mistake. But with the deep drop in his numbers, he was obviously motivated to address the problem.Blue Jays Vision Correction And Future Outlook(Whether the Blue Jays encouraged this as well is not certain. )