{"id":265666,"date":"2025-08-22T20:03:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T20:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/265666\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T20:03:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T20:03:24","slug":"vladimir-guerrero-jr-blue-jays-agree-to-500m-contract-reports-baseball-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/265666\/","title":{"rendered":"Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Blue Jays agree to $500m contract: Reports | Baseball News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__subhead\">Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr has signed a $500m extension to stay with the club, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>The Toronto Blue Jays and Vladimir Guerrero Jr have agreed to a 14-year, $500m contract extension, multiple media outlets reported.<\/p>\n<p>The deal, leaked on Sunday, reportedly includes no deferred money, making it the second most valuable contract in present value in the majors, surpassed only by Juan Soto\u2019s 15-year, $765m deal, reached in December.<\/p>\n<p>Guerrero, a four-time All-Star and the MVP runner-up in 2021, was set to become a free agent at the end of the season. By locking him up now, Toronto avoids the risk of getting into a massive bidding war on the open market.<\/p>\n<p>For his career, the 26-year-old has 160 home runs, 511 RBIs (or runs batted in), and a .287 batting average in 829 games. Last season, he hit 30 home runs and drove in 103 RBIs with a .323\/.396\/.544 batting line.<\/p>\n<p>In 10 games this season, Guerrero is hitting .256 with no home runs and four RBIs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3627419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2025-04-01T011405Z_26072294_MT1USATODAY25816712_RTRMADP_3_MLB-WASHINGTON-NATIONALS-AT-TORONTO-BLUE-J.jpeg\" alt=\"Vladimir Guerrero Jr. i action.\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/>Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr doubles against the Washington Nationals in the second inning at Rogers Centre on March 31, 2025, in Toronto, Canada [Kevin Sousa\/Imagn Images via Reuters]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr has signed a $500m extension to stay with the club,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2378],"tags":[5,377,2554,4,169,302,282,70,2553,4657,10724],"class_list":{"0":"post-265666","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto-blue-jays","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-blue-jays","10":"tag-bluejays","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-sport","14":"tag-toronto","15":"tag-toronto-blue-jays","16":"tag-torontobluejays","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-us-canada"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115074210542402976","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}