“Vlad Guerrero Jr.’s $500M Ambition: Could He Become the Blue Jays’ Greatest Legend?”
Ultimately, Shapiro was right. All it cost was the second-largest contract by present-day value in MLB history, trailing only the 15-year, $765 million deal Juan Soto signed with the Mets in December. Like Soto’s deal, Guerrero’s contains no deferrals, thereby maintaining its surface-level sticker price and leapfrogging the $700 million contract Shohei Ohtani signed with the Dodgers (present-day value of $460.8M after deferrals). Guerrero’s deal also reportedly contains no opt-outs, securing the bond between the two sides and cementing the goals for the duration of the contract: For Guerrero to perform like one of the best hitters on the planet and for the Blue Jays to invest in the roster around him in pursuit of the franchise’s first World Series title since 1993.
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