Jeff Basan of ESPN said on Sunday that the first valiant man, Vladimir Guerrero Junior and Toronto Blue Giziz, agreed to extend a 14 -year contract, waiting for money.
This is a huge deal, without diferle to keep the local star in Toronto for the rest of his career, and comes at 5-5 Blue Jays in the midst of a wild trip that takes them to Vinway Park to meet Boston Red Sox on Monday.
Gueriro, 26, who is all four times and the son of the Vladimir Guerrero Hall, said that he would not negotiate during the season after the two sides failed to reach an agreement before the spring training reached. But the sides continued to talk and conclude a deal is the third largest contract in the history of the baseball in the main league, behind Juan Soto’s contract for only 15 years, $ 765 million with New York Mets and Shohei Ohtani for 10 years at a value of $ 700 million with Dodgers in Los Angeles.
Blue Jays, Snakebit in recent years by SOTO and OHTANI, have received a significant commitment to their best local talents since Fameer Roy Halladay Hall.
They tried to sign Guerrero on a long -term deal to years to no avail. Toronto got a glimpse of Guerro’s talent when he first appeared after his twentieth birthday in 2019 and took 15 times as an upward. The Breakout season in Guerrero came in 2021, when he finished second to Ohtiani in the US League voting after it reached 311/. 401/. 601 with 48 runs at home and 111 RBis.
Guerrero followed a pair of solid expectations, but in 2022 and 2023, and in mid -May 2024, he wore OPS under 750 where Blue Jays struggled on his way to the last position. During his last 116 games in 2024, Guerrero was returned for 2021, reaching 343/.
With the salary statements that are expected to exceed the luxury tax threshold of $ 241 million, Blue Jays ended the first week of the season at the top of the eastern US league standings. Toronto decreased to 5-3 on Friday after Lamitz losing, as Guerro collected a pair of individual, raising the resort line in his season to 267/343/. 367.
Between Guerrero and Shortstop Bo Bichette free after the 2025 season, Blue Jays faced a possible account. Although Bichette is expected to play the season before it reaches the open market, the Guerrero deal reduces the bite of Toronto’s efforts for Utani in 2023 and SOTO in 2024.
Toronto shook the signing of Soto and the first base man Beit Alonso with Mets, the left -wing Max fried with New York Yanxiz and player Alex Pragman with Boston Reed Soxe to re -prepare her list. Toronto granted a contract for the external player Anthony Santander a five -year contract for five years, 92.5 million dollars, where he was attended in the Future Furao Cherzer Hall in a one -year deal, 15.5 million dollars, strengthened its bull with the right player Jeff Hoffman and Yimi Garcia, and his circulation in Glouf Glove.
Toronto long -term obligations will allow great financial flexibility. In addition to Bichette and Scherzer, Hander Chris Basate and their residence Chad Green and Eric Swanson are free agents after this season. After 2026, the nine numbers deals came out of the player George Springer and the right Kevin Gaousman from the books.
Building around Guerrero is a good place to start. One of only ten players in MLB with at least two seasons of six wins or more of the replacement since 2021, Guerrero is constantly near the top of the tops of the MLB in the most difficult balls, a scale that usually translates into great success.
Like his father, who achieved 449 at home and hit 318 over 16 years, Guerro has rare skills of bats to the ball, especially for the player who has higher power. In his six seasons of MLB, Guerreler and 288/.
Originally, a third base man, Guerro turned into the first base during the 2020 season. If Blue Jays Alonso fell, they indicated that Guerrero can return full -time to third place, playing dozens of games last year.
With the extension in its place, it is expected that Guerrero, which is 6 feet and 245 pounds in the first base and resets a market that has been signed for eight years.