The contract offers and the figures rejected in the negotiations are generally closely detained state secrets. But apparently, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. believes the opposite.
In an interview Enrique Rojas d’Espn and Ernesto JerezThe first basic player revealed that the last proposal to extend the Toronto Blue Jays contract and the last counter-offer of the representatives of warroro presented to the team were significantly lower than the agreement of $ 765 million over 15 years Juan Soto signed with the Put This off -season.
“It’s much less than Soto,” Guerrero told ESPN. “We are talking about much less than Millions than Soto, more than one hundred million million less. … It was the same number of years (that the SOTO contract), but it did not reach ($ 600 million). The last number we have given them in a coupling did not reach 600.”
He added: “I know the company. I a little reduced wage requests, but I also lowered the number of years … I am looking for 14 (years). I would like 14, 15, even 20 if they give them to me, but doing it in the right way.”
The negotiations took place before the self-imposed deadline of Guerrero for an extension at the start of spring training, which means that the 25-year-old will now arrive as a free agency after this season while he is concentrating on the 2025 season with the Blue Jays, his seventh in the big leagues.
“There was an exchange (salary figures),” he told ESPN. “The meetings lasted until the last day of the deadline, but they (the agents of Toronto and Guerrero) could not reach an agreement on the figures. But as I always said, just because we could not reach an agreement, I will not change my way of working. I must continue to work.”
Guerrero was Asked in mid-February If an agreement was close, and he said “no”.
“They had their number,” said Guerrero at the time. “I had my numbers.”
He added: “We did not agree. Now they will have to compete with 29 other teams.”
Of course, this leaves open the possibility for the hitter to come to the Queens.
Before the dishes weigh the first basic player Pete Alonso To an agreement which included an opt-out after the 2025 season, the club signed up with Toronto on commercial negotiations against Guerrero, Andy Martino reported the initiate of Sny MLB during the offseason.
“He is an excellent ball player,” said the owner of the dishes Steve Cohen said in February when he asked him questions about Guerrero. “Again, I will worry about it next year. Obviously, with payroll considerations – you really cannot have, you cannot have too many long -term contracts because you lose your flexibility of the list. So you have to be very careful. But I will leave my baseball people make this decision.”
Guerrero leaves one of the best years of his young career after hit 30 circuits and 44 doubles (a career in career) with 103 products products and an oblique bar line .323 / .396 / .544 for a .940 ops (166 ops + and 165 WRC +) in 2024.
