Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays agrees to a massive 14-year extension of the contract

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. AND Toronto Blue Jays Agreed to $ 1400 million, a 14-year contract that begins in 2026, a person introduced to the negotiations said Associated Press, which is a contract that removes what would be the biggest star from the free agent market next season.

The person spoke early on Monday provided anonymity because the agreement was not announced.

Guerre’s job does not include any delayed money, the person said.

Guerrero agreed to $ 28.5 million in January, a one-year contract that avoided arbitration, and four-time All-Star First Baseman said he would not negotiate after reporting spring training in mid-February. Still, conversations with their agent continued well in the regular season.

Guerrero received the third largest contract in total dollars behind the Juan Soto attacker $ 765 million, a 15-year contract with New York Mets This began this season and two-way shohei ohtanana stars, a 10-year-old agreement with Los Angeles Dodgers That started last year and was very delayed.

Guerrero’s average annual value of $ 35.71 million under a new contract ranked the eighth place among the current contracts behind Okhtani’s contract ($ 70 million), Soto ($ 51 million), Philadelphia Zack Wheeler ($ 42 million) Lakes attacker Aaron Judge (40 million dollars), Texas Jacob Degromo ($ 37 million), Dodgers Backer Blake Snell ($ 36.4 million) and Yankees Backer Gerrit Cole ($ 36 million).

The son of Hall of Famed Vladimir Guerrero, the star Blue Jays turned 26 years of age and would be a free agent this fall at a relatively young age.

Guerrero is a .277 career striker with 160 domestic and 511 RBI. In the first 10 games of this season hits .256 without Homer and four RBI.

Looking for his first World Series title since winning the 1992 and 1993 championship, Toronto especially failed to land Okanana, Soto and Roki Sasaki. Blue Jays agreed to a five -year contract of $ 92.5 million with an attacker Anthony Santanger$ 15.5 million, a one -year contract with right back Max Scherzer and a three -year contract of $ 33 million with relief Jeff Hoffman.

Toronto Shortstop Bo bichetteDouble All-Star, remains acceptable for a free agency after this year’s world series.

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