The article discusses the Toronto Blue Jays' plans for player extensions, particularly focusing on Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and their strategic approach towards setting up a competitive team for 2026.
Last week, I gave an overview of the Blue Jays ’ roster and sketched out their financial and trade capital. Today, I want to discuss extensions, and also a scenario in which they decline to go all in for 2025, instead prepping to set up a longer window opening in 2026. Vlad is heading into his final year of arbitration, set to make something on the order of $29m. If the Jays don’t extend him this winter, there’s a real risk that he leaves after 2025 with only a qualifying offer in compensation.
Olson’s best season was roughly as good as Bo’s, and he was similarly young, but he signed coming off an up year. All that points to a deal in the neighborhood of six years and $137m . Maybe a return to form in 2025 could push him closer to $200m in the open market, but then another down year and he’d be looking for a pillow contract. I think the Jays use their leverage here to get five more seasons at an AAV around $24m each. Alright, with those deals done the Jays have added about $4.
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