Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays agreed to a $500 million, 14-year contract that begins in 2026, an individual aware of the negotiations instructed The Related Press, a deal that removes what would have been the largest star from subsequent offseason’s free-agent market.
The particular person spoke on situation of anonymity early Monday as a result of the settlement had not been introduced.
Guerrero’s deal doesn’t embrace any deferred cash, the particular person mentioned.
Guerrero agreed in January to a $28.5 million, one-year contract that averted arbitration and the four-time All-Star first baseman had mentioned he would not negotiate after he reported to spring coaching in mid-February. Nonetheless, talks together with his agent continued nicely into the common season.
Guerrero received the third-largest contract in complete {dollars} behind outfielder Juan Soto’s $765 million, 15-year contract with the New York Mets that began this season and two-way star Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million, 10-year settlement with the Los Angeles Dodgers that started final yr and is closely deferred.
Guerrero’s $35.71 million common annual worth below the brand new deal ranks eighth amongst present contracts behind the agreements of Ohtani ($70 million), Soto ($51 million), Philadelphia pitcher Zack Wheeler ($42 million), Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge ($40 million), Texas pitcher Jacob deGrom ($37 million), Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell ($36.4 million) and Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole ($36 million).
A son of Corridor of Famer Vladimir Guerrero, the Blue Jays star turned 26 final month and would have been a free agent this fall at a comparatively younger age.
Guerrero is a .277 profession hitter with 160 homers and 511 RBIs. He is batting .256 with no homers and 4 RBIs within the first 10 video games this season.
Searching for its first World Collection title since successful championships in 1992 and 1993, Toronto notably didn’t land Ohtani, Soto and Roki Sasaki. The Blue Jays agreed to a $92.5 million, five-year contract with outfielder Anthony Santander, a $15.5 million, one-year contract with right-hander Max Scherzer and a $33 million, three-year contract with reliever Jeff Hoffman.
Toronto shortstop Bo Bichette, a two-time All-Star, stays eligible free of charge company after this yr’s World Collection.
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