Star first-baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is staying in Toronto after all. According to multiple reports, the Blue Jays and Guerrero Jr. came to an agreement on a new long-term contract.
ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports that Guerrero Jr. signed a 14-year, $500 million deal with no deferrals attached. This becomes the third-largest contract in MLB history, following Juan Soto’s 15-year, $765 million contract with the New York Mets and the 10-year, $700 million deal that Shohei Ohtani signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Blue Jays and Guerrero Jr. have been engaged in contract talks for several years now. The negotiations intensified after the 2024 season, but the two sides failed to come to an agreement before spring training, at which point Guerrero Jr. decided to halt the talks. However, they eventually returned to the table and managed to hammer out a deal that satisfied both sides.
Guerrero Jr., who was scheduled to hit the free agency next winter, started 2025 slower than usual. In 10 games so far, he has a .256 batting average and three RBI while still waiting on his first homer.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the son of Angels’ legend and Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero, signed with the Blue Jays in 2015 as an international free agent. Guerrero Jr. made his majors debut in 2019 and received his first All-Star nod in 2021 when he also led the league in homers and finished second in MVP voting. He would go on to earn three more All-Star appearances and two All-MLB First Team nods.
Since debuting in MLB, Guerrero Jr. is batting .287 and has 160 home runs and 511 RBIs.
