Document: Jays make every other be offering to Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

The Toronto Blue Jays have made every other be offering to first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., ESPN reported on Opening Day on Thursday.

The superstar slugger’s contract expires after this season however “an opening nonetheless stays between the 2 facets,” in line with the most recent file.

It isn’t transparent whether or not talks will proceed, even supposing staff president Mark Shapiro expressed self assurance closing week {that a} deal gets carried out prior to Guerrero turns into a loose agent within the fall.

“I feel we are going to signal him. I feel we are going to lengthen him,” Shapiro informed journalists on March 20. “We now have this type of transparent alignment at the desired consequence.

“Vlad needs to play his complete occupation as a Toronto Blue Jay. We would like him to finish his occupation in a Blue Jays uniform and be a real legacy participant for the Toronto Blue Jays. That is a beautiful excellent position to start out.”

Guerrero reportedly is looking for a $500 million deal and the Blue Jays had been stated to be about $50 million in need of that mark in earlier provides.

Guerrero, 26, had a self-imposed time limit of Feb. 17 to achieve a freelance extension. The perimeters have shyed away from arbitration previous within the offseason once they got here to phrases on a one-year, $28.5 million deal.

“I’ll depart that to my brokers to paintings with that,” he stated previous this month concerning the negotiations. “If there is something there, they’ll proceed to paintings with that. I am simply going to be at the box, specializing in my teammates, on my staff, on my recreation.”

Guerrero became in a fourth immediately All-Big name season, captured his 2d Silver Slugger Award and completed 6th in American League MVP balloting in 2024. He hit .323 with a .396 on-base proportion, a .544 slugging proportion, 30 homers and 103 RBIs in 159 video games.

Via six primary league seasons with the Blue Jays, Guerrero owns a .288/.363/.500 batting line with 160 homers and 507 RBIs in 819 video games.

Toronto opens the 2025 season on Thursday afternoon at house in opposition to the Baltimore Orioles.

–Box Degree Media