Having seen Vladimir Guerrero Jr. early in his development, Andrew Tinnish knew right away he was looking at a future superstar.

The Toronto Blue Jays slugger was only 14 when Tinnish, who lives in Burlington, met him in the Dominican Republic.

Now, more than a decade later, those first impressions matter: Guerrero and another player Tinnish helped discover, catcher Alejandro Kirk, are leading Toronto’s offence as the Jays face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series.

Tinnish, the team’s vice-president of international scouting and baseball operations, was impressed by how Guerrero laid off bad pitches, forcing pitchers to come to him.

“It became evident, very early on, that there was a different level of plate discipline,” Tinnish recalls. “He could process what was coming at him

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