The Blue Jays de Toronto accepted the terms with the first basic player Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on a Extension of 14 years worth $ 500 million. Guerrero, 26, was to hit a free agency after this season. Instead, it seems that he will remain in Toronto in the foreseeable future – and, probably, for the rest of his player career – on what is equivalent to the second contract in the history of the MLB.
Each time an agreement of this magnitude breaks down, we, at CBS Sports, like to study the field by judging certain actors or winners of concepts and certain losers. You know where it goes, so let’s just go to the point by confirming that we highlight a few in the space below.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Contract: Why Blue Jays Slugger obtained $ 500 million before even hit the free agency
RJ Anderson
Winner: Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
It’s obvious, right?
You are an automatic winner in our book if you can sign half a billion dollars without having to submit an address change form. Heck, we would say and include Guerrero as a winner even if he did must fill out documents.
Guerrero now has the opportunity to cement himself as one of the best players in the history of Blue Jays by taking a hammer in club records. He already ranks 16th in victories above the replacement, and he should be at a time to strike the top 10 by the end of the year. In addition, it is only 44 home race to reduce the top five, and 177 to take over.
Given the offensive capacities of Guerrero and the time he has left with the organization, he seems sure to assume that he will have a lot of Blue Jays records by the team he made. Money is the main sale argument here, but becoming synonymous with a franchise is also cool.
Loser: flashy fascination
If you like offenses oriented by an elite agent, we hope you have the filling of the last winters. This is because there will not be an equivalent of Aaron judge, Shohei Ohtani, or Juan Soto as soon as – especially not that Guerrero has been removed from consideration.
Add the wave of other recent extensions (including that signed by the San Diego Padres Jackson Merrill voltiseur), and there will be a real chance that the MLB will be without first -order free agent until the winter of 2028, when the inner field of Baltimore Orioles Gunnar Henderson would qualify.
We will add two warnings here before anyone who shouts us: 1) It is certainly possible that Henderson himself never reaches the free agency and takes part of the money from the new owner David Rubenstein instead; And 2) Baseball is an unpredictable sport and some players could emerge between and now which makes an affirmation incorrect.
Where are we sitting, however? The next winters will not be as fun as the last couple.
With Guerrero spoken, the Chicago Cubs voltiseur, Kyle Tucker, is the favorite of the dimensions to enter the off -season considered the best free agent available. This opens the way to an intriguing case study.
As we have written in the season, Tucker is one of the dozens of best players. What will make its free agency interesting – provided that it arrives on the free market and does not first accept a long -term extension – is the way in which the teams receive the shape of its game. Its forces are not concentrated in a way that translates to it at the top of the rankings; On the contrary, he does everything well and this combination makes him a very productive player. Will the teams appreciate its production in the same way as if they had some more dominant features? We will discover it.
If nothing else, Tucker should benefit from the new perception that he is the best available player.
Winner: First Basemen
It was not fun for the first basic players. At one point during the offseason, it appeared that the MLB offices have now seen the position in the same fungible way of which their nfl counterparts approach runners. Here, in the form of Guerrero’s extension, is a glimmer of hope for a brighter tomorrow.
Indeed, it is proof that, even nowadays, where the teams emphasize the positional and defensive value, the first players can also sign a very lucrative contract to serve the face of a franchise. On condition, in any case, they were born in the good country of the good father and that they become strikers worthy of comparisons with the future basic players of the renowned temple.
It may be better if we don’t think too much.
Loser: Blue Jays
You can say that the Blue Jays are a winner since they finally convinced a high level talent to take their money. You can also say that Guerrero Jr. offers more intrinsic value to Blue Jays than any other franchise, and that it is important not to see this contract in only a perspective on the ground. However, the people we talked about about other front offices were not sure that the Blue Jays should have concluded this case.
The argument put forward by these sources is simple: it is difficult to see the Blue Jays break or present themselves to this contract in value in the field. Guerrero is a big striker, but, once again, he is a first right -wing player who offers a defensive, positional or minimum basic value. If Guerrero decreases a little earlier or faster than expected … Well, the name “Albert Pujols” appeared several times.
Again, there is a convincing case to do in favor of Toronto. Everything comes down to the way you see these things and what you appreciate. But in the eyes of other decision -makers, the Blue Jays already seem to be underwater on the extension of Guerrero.
