{"id":98840,"date":"2025-04-07T01:13:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T05:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=98840"},"modified":"2025-04-07T01:13:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T05:13:50","slug":"guerrero-jr-signs-contract-blue-jays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/04\/07\/guerrero-jr-signs-contract-blue-jays\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Signs Record Extension with Blue Jays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/guerrvl02.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vladimir Guerrero Jr.<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/04\/06\/risp-continue-haunt-blue-jays\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> finalized a blockbuster contract extension minutes after midnight struck on Monday, April 7. The days of intense speculation over the star first baseman\u2019s future with the franchise are over. The 14-year, $500 million deal, with no deferrals, marks the richest extension in MLB history, eclipsing <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/troutmi01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Trout\u2019s<\/a> $426.5 million pact with the Angels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Blue Jays, 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reportedly agree to 14-year extension, per multiple reports including <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z3s2EpgF39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Z3s2EpgF39<\/a>&#8216;s <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeeganMatheson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@KeeganMatheson<\/a>. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TOO0hRKVZI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/TOO0hRKVZI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1909100298464829470?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Blue Jays Seal Deal With Superstar Slugger<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rumors ignited Friday when insider <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mikedeportes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Rodriguez<\/a> tweeted that Guerrero and the Jays were \u201cvery close\u201d to a $500 million agreement. Posts across X amplified the buzz, with some citing sources claiming a resolution was imminent. By Saturday, <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/YancenPujols\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yancen Pujols<\/a> reported the two sides had agreed on money and years, ironing out \u201cfiner details.\u201d USA Today\u2019s <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BNightengale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bob Nightengale<\/a> added fuel Sunday, noting Guerrero and the Jays were \u201cexchanging figures\u201d and expected to finalize \u201cany day.\u201d ESPN\u2019s <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JeffPassan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Passan<\/a> sealed the anticipation, saying the team hoped to announce the deal this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The contract, finalizing at an astonishing $35.7 AAV (average annual value), locks in Guerrero, 26, through his age-39 season. He\u2019ll earn $28.5 million in 2025 before the extension kicks in. The no-deferral structure reflects Guerrero\u2019s push for present-day value. Reportedly targeting $500 million after rejecting earlier offers with deferrals dropping below that mark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/04\/02\/blue-jays-andres-gimenez-surprising-early-offense\/\" target=\"_self\">Blue Jays<\/a>, this cements Guerrero as the franchise cornerstone after a disappointing 74-88 finish in 2024. With Bo Bichette also nearing free agency, resigning Guerrero signals a commitment to contend in a tough <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/02\/19\/can-rays-reclaim-al-east-crown-2025\/\" target=\"_self\">AL East<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credits: Kevin Sousa-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays finalized a blockbuster contract extension minutes after midnight struck on Monday, April 7. The days of intense speculation over the star first baseman\u2019s future with the franchise are over. The 14-year, $500 million deal, with no deferrals, marks the richest extension in MLB history, eclipsing Mike Trout\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5310,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,35],"tags":[2444,941,36,640],"class_list":["post-98840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bluejays","category-news","tag-contract-extension","tag-latest-mlb-news","tag-toronto-blue-jays","tag-vladimir-guerrero-jr"],"modified_by":"Evan Mazza, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98840"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98847,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98840\/revisions\/98847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}