Toronto Blue Jays and Vladimir Guerrero Jr finally concluded an agreement to keep the talented first base player with the team for the rest of his career.
The reports of the early hours of Sunday indicate that the two parties agree on an astonishing agreement of 14 years worth $ 500 million – and according to ESPN, none of this is deferred.
This is the second largest baseball agreement behind the $ 1965 million dollars agreement in Juan Soto, $ 765 million. The 700 million dollars’ agreement from Shohei Ohtani is not considered to be accounting by the majority of baseball analysts due to large sums of money in delayed payments lowering the final value.
Guerrero Jr, 26, struck 30 circuits for the Blue Jays last season, but has not yet obtained his first until now in 2025. The news of his contract emerges after his team was swept by Soto and the dishes in a three -game series in New York.
But despite slow start, it is a huge declaration of intention of a team that was simply not ready to let their prized assets arrive on the free market at the end of the year.
Speaking in February, Guerrero expressed his dissatisfaction with how discussions on contracts with Blue Jays were going and put the whole major red alert league by highlighting his intentions to go to free will at the end of 2025.
“They had their number; I had my numbers ” said Guerrero at the start of training in the spring. “We did not agree.
It’s a matter, as I always say. Things happen. In recent days, the front office, my lawyers, my agents have met. The two parties tried, but obviously, we were unable to obtain an agreement.
But even then, he insisted that he wanted to sign an agreement to stay in Toronto throughout his career and finally, he has his wish.
The Blue Jays have a 5-5 sheet after a difficult weekend in the Big Apple against the food, a victory for the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox in the American League East.
Blue Jays are starting a series of four games against their divisional rivals Red Sox in Boston on Monday evening.
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