Vladimir Guerrero Jr. contract extension: Blue Jays’ star slugger agrees to $500 million deal, per report

All-Star First Baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to extend a $ 500 million long-term contract for 14 seasons. Ken Rosenthal reportsA number of current 2025 season was a year of Guerrero’s walk, which means that the transaction removes Guerrone from the 2025-26 class.

Guerrero’s Agreement containing no delays, sets a record for extending the largest contract MLB History: The previously owned post that used to belong to the Prince who previously sealed $ 426.5 million with the angels of Los Angeles. Genesis is also the third largest contract in MLB history, which is simply the $ 765 million free agent deal with Los Angeles Dodger with Los Angeles Dodger.

26-year-old Guerrero, who enters the current season, boasted for career cutting. On the way Guerrero won a golden glove and a pair of silver thin and earned four straight to all star choices. He also completed the leader of the American League in 2021 and finished sixth in the previous season.

Debuews mainly as 20-year-old, genero for a free free agency, rare young age. In this plus, his honored post on his performance, on the plate, would have ever had one of the largest free agents, and Jay had to compete for his services for that healthy market.

Guerrero’s extension, which they first signed as an international free agent for 2015, when he was 16 years old, came after a hook. Not so long ago, such an agreement seemed impossible, as both sides could not reach an agreement before the end of the talks at the beginning of the full detachment of the full detachment in the spring region.

“I’m here. We have not received any agreement, “said Guerrero through translator. “Now they will have to compete with 29 teams.”

However, about two months later, however, Blue Jays, Mark Shapiro threw a surprisingly optimistic about the chances of providing guerrero services beyond 2025 season, although the alleged period of talks has long passed.

“I think we are going to sign him. I think we are going to extend him, “Shapiro said. “The reason I feel that way, because we have such a clear alignment on the desired result.”

As it turns out, Shapiro’s words were more prophetic than Kukotica, and Guerror would really be blue Jay, for years.