Vladimir Guerrero Jr agrees monumental 14-year, $500m Toronto Blue Jays deal to end tense standoff

Toronto Blue Jays and Vladimir Guerrero Jr person yet struck presumption connected a monolithic woody to support the talented archetypal baseman with the squad for the remainder of his career.

Reports successful the aboriginal hours of Monday accidental the 2 parties are successful statement connected an astonishing 14-year declaration worthy $500million, pending a carnal - and crucially, according to ESPN, nary of it is deferred.

The woody volition commencement successful 2026, according to The Associated Press, aft Guerrero agreed successful January to a $28.5 million, one-year declaration that avoided arbitration

It's the 2nd largest woody successful shot down Juan Soto's 15-year, $765million New York Mets agreement. Shohei Ohtani's $700million Los Angeles Dodgers declaration is considered to number for a little worth by the bulk of shot analysts owed to the immense sums of wealth owed successful deferred payments.

Guerrero Jr, 26, deed 30 location runs for the Blue Jays past play but is yet to get his archetypal truthful acold successful 2025. The quality of his declaration emerges aft his squad were swept by Soto and the Mets successful a three-game bid successful New York.

But contempt the dilatory start, it's a immense connection of intent from a squad who were simply not prepared to fto their prized plus deed the unfastened marketplace astatine the extremity of the year. 

Speaking successful February, Guerrero voiced his displeasure astatine however declaration talks with the Blue Jays were going and enactment each of Major League Baseball connected reddish alert by underlining his intentions to spell into escaped bureau astatine the extremity of 2025.

'They had their numbers; I had my numbers,' Guerrero said astatine the commencement of outpouring training. 'We did not get an agreement. 

'This is business, similar I ever say. Things happen. The past mates of days, the beforehand office, my lawyers, my agents met. Both parties tried but evidently we couldn't get an agreement.'

But adjacent then, helium insisted helium wanted to motion a woody to enactment successful Toronto for his full vocation and finally, helium has got his wish.

'To beryllium honorable with you guys, I won't adjacent the doorway if it's a realistic offer,' helium said. And the Blue Jays beforehand bureau person yet decided to wage up. 

The Blue Jays are 5-5 aft a pugnacious play successful the Big Apple against the Mets, 1 triumph backmost from the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox successful the American League East.

The Blue Jays commencement a four-game bid against their divisional rivals the Red Sox successful Boston connected Monday night. 

Guerrero, the lad of Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero, is already a four-time All-Star but has made nary concealed of however overmuch helium pines for World Series victory.

On the aforesaid time successful February erstwhile helium revealed his standoff with the Blue Jays, Guerrero said: 'As you guys know, my dada played a batch of years. He ne'er won a World Series. 

'My idiosyncratic extremity is to triumph a World Series and springiness the ringing to my dad.'  

If that time comes, it volition beryllium successful Canada with the Blue Jays - whose 2 World Series titles came successful 1992 and 1993.