In 2014, 73.2 billion Guerrero Jr. will wear Toronto uniform even at the age of 40 in 2039, Soto → Otaniye ranks third in all time in ransom
Apr 07, 2025
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As expected. The Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to an extension deal with signer Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
ESPN agreed on the 7th (Korea time) 'First baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays to sign an extension contract for 14 years and $500 million (about 732.1 billion won). The contract will be announced soon because a physical examination is left,' the report said.
MLB.com also reported that `The agreement between Guerrero Jr. and Toronto to sign a 14-year, $500 million contract will mark the most important moment in Toronto's history' and that the club will be made official as soon as it passes through the physical world without confirming the report.
It should be noted that there is no payment deferral among the total amount of the contract. Guerrero re-signed in January for an annual salary of $28.5 million this year, and this contract will cover from next year to 2039. In other words, Guerrero, who was born in March 1999, will wear the Toronto uniform until the age of 40. In fact, it is nothing short of a declaration that he is retiring from Toronto.
As a result, Guerrero ranked third in the all-time contract rankings after New York Mets Juan Soto and Los Angeles Dodgers Shohei Ohtani. Soto signed a 15-year, $765 million FA contract with the Mets last winter, and Ohtani moved to the Dodgers for 10 years and $700 million in December 2023.
However, Ohtani decided to share 97 percent of the total amount over 10 years after the end of the contract period, so the present-value is considered 460.8 million dealers according to the luxury tax imposition standard. In other words, Guerrero's contract value is actually second only to Soto.
The previous record for the highest contract in Toronto's club history was $150 million for six years, more than three times more than George Springer's contract was born.
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At that time, Toronto's general manager Ross Atkins also said, `We communicated really hard, and we came up with all the ideas and ideas. And I delivered all the terms and conditions of the contract"The offers to Guerrero were not the highest in history, but they made him one of the best-treated players in the major leagues."
However, ESPN reported on the 7th of last month that `Guerrero recently said that the terms of the extension contract his agent offered to the Toronto club are much smaller than the contract between the New York Mets and Juan Soto, and less than $600 million.'
It means Guerrero didn't overdo Toronto, who said at the opening interview of the camp, "I'm not going to close the door completely. If there's a real offer" and did not completely rule out the possibility of resuming negotiations.
Toronto was also in a hurry. This is because he has recently missed a series of big-name FA's. Two years ago, he was included in the final three teams with the Dodgers and San Francisco Giants during the Otani scramble, and participated in last winter's Soto scramble as a finalist with the Mets and New York Yankees.
And it was the team that played the final game against the Dodgers and San Diego Padres over Rocky Sasaki. In addition, he actively negotiated with FA pitcher Max Fried and first baseman Pete Alonso last offseason, but he couldn't hold it.
Guerrero, who made his major league debut in 2019, hit 48 home runs, 111 RBIs and OPS 1.002 in 2021, ranking second behind Shohei Ohtani in the AL MVP vote, signaling a big payoff. Then, the OPS plummeted to 0.818 and 0.788 in 2022 and 2023, respectively, and the big contract seemed to be falling from the top level, but it succeeded in reviving with a batting average of 0.323, 30 homers, 103 RBIs and an OPS of 0.940, raising the possibility of an extended contract with Toronto.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
