Toronto Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is absent from spring training as he awaits a contract extension offer from the team. Guerrero has set a deadline of Tuesday, the reporting day for position players, for negotiations to yield a deal. If no agreement is reached, he has stated he will not continue talks. The pressure is on the Blue Jays to sign their star first baseman, who is entering the final year of his contract and could become a free agent in the fall.
Toronto Blue Jays ' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. sits in the dugout before a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Toronto on Sept. 29, 2024.locker room on Monday, catching up on things as they prepared for morning workouts at the team’s player development complex.
Guerrero, who’s entering the final year of his contract, was expected to arrive at camp later in the day for his physical. Position players have until Tuesday to formally report. The pressure is on a Blue Jays’ front office that must balance trying to lock down the services of a homegrown face of the franchise with its spending comfort level on a deal that would easily be the biggest in franchise history.
“We want him to be happy because I know at the end of the day, he’s going to play best when he’s happy,” Francis said. “We just hope that it gets done.Guerrero came up through the Toronto system and made his big-league debut in 2019. In the four seasons since the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign, he has averaged 34 homers and 101 RBIs a year.Guerrero’s stock could drop if his numbers slip or he suffers a serious injury.
Missing out on an extension would also be another blow after Toronto settled for being among the finalists in the pursuit of superstars Shohei Ohtani, Juan Soto and Japanese pitching sensation Roki Sasaki over the past two years.
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