The Blue Jays Slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had great dreams when he signed with the club when he was 16 years ago.
Those thoughts have become a reality with the only major league franchise he has known.
Friends, family, teammates and members of the team’s main office joined him at the Rogers Center for a celebration press conference on Monday after he signed a 14 -year contract extension of $ 500 million.
“I always thought: ‘I’m going to be a Jay blue forever’ and that is what happened today,” Guerrero said in a full press conferences. “Thank God we did it and I will be a Jay blue forever.”
The news that the two parties had agreed that an agreement broke for the first time a week ago. The Blue Jays confirmed the firm last Wednesday when the team was on the road.
Guerrero is a local face of the franchise that has been one of the most shocking players in sport since he made his debut in the big leagues in 2019.
The extension of four times All-Star begins next year and will last until the 2039 campaign when I am 40 years old.
“This is an incredibly special day for all our fans and for the organization of the tiles,” said team president Mark Shapiro. “It’s really a historical moment.”
The agreement is the most lucrative in the history of the team, far exceeding the agreement of $ 150 million and six years that gardener George Springer signed as a free agent in January 2021.
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The Toronto Blue Jays have signed Vladimir Guerrero Jr. with a record extension of 14 years and $ 500 million. Greg Ross of CBC breaks down the details of the historical contract and the reaction of Guerrero.
The extension is the third largest agreement in a total of dollars behind the Juan Soto MLB agreement of $ 765 million, 15 years and the agreement of $ 700 million and 10 years of Shohei Ohtani, 10 years with the Los Angeles Dodgers that began last year and diffuses strongly.
Guerrero is in the last year of his current contract that pays him $ 28.5 million. Without an extension, this fall could have reached the open market.
“I passionately believed that Vlad wanted to be here and we wanted it here,” said the president of the Tiles, Edward Rogers. “I thought it would be made. An offer of this size takes time. We had the right people.”
The Blue Jays won the World Series for the last time in 1993. They arrived at the Commodines Round in three of the last five seasons, but they have not won a postseason game since 2016.
Toronto comes from a last place in the east of the American League. The Blue Jays, who started the day at the top of the classification of the division into 9-7, were scheduled to receive the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.
“It’s amazing,” said Blue Jays manager John Schneider. “There are different parts of the history of this organization that people understand, definitely. The World Series [titles]Joe Carter, ’15 and ’16, and the players come and the players van.
“[For] The fans base to have someone with whom you can really identify and with what your children can be related is special. “
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According to the reports, the Toronto Blue Jays have reached an agreement of 14 years and $ 500 million to extend the contract of the first base of the Superstar Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the richest agreement in the history of the Jays and the second largest in the history of the major baseball leagues.
The former general manager of the Blue Jays, Alex Anthopoulos, signed Guerrero in July 2015.
The native of Montreal, which represents the Dominican Republic internationally, hit .323 last season with 30 homers and 103 ranked races.
Upon entering the game against Los Bravos, Guerrero was still looking for his first homer of the year. In his first 16 games, he hit .302 with seven ranked races.
The two -time Silver Slugger was named MVP of the stars game in 2021, won a gold glove in 2022 and was home run’s derby champion in 2023.
The average annual value of $ 35.71 million under the new agreement occupies the eighth place among current contracts. Ohtani ($ 70 million) leads the way in AAV with Soto ($ 51 million) behind him.
“I’m always going to remember this day,” Guerrero said. “To see my family with me and see my teammates with me, I feel this is special. I don’t know how to explain how I feel at this time.”
