The Toronto Blue Jays offered superstar first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. a deal for about $500 million before negotiations were halted last month — although significant deferrals put an estimate of the particular net present value of the offer between $400 million and $450 million, league sources aware of the negotiation tell The Post.
These figures represent the range the Blue Jays were willing to debate and, thus, details where matters stood before Guerrero’s camp halted negotiations, as promised, before the Jays’ first full-squad workout Feb. 18.
The Jays were offering to make Guerrero the sport’s third-highest paid player, behind Mets superstar Juan Soto’s record $765 million, non-deferred deal that might reach $805 million and Dodgers two-way international superstar Shohei Ohtani’s heavily deferred $700 million deal, which is valued in current dollars at between $440 million and $470 million.
Guerrero, who would hit free agency young (he turns 26 Sunday), reaffirmed to The Post last month that the Jays’ offer was not near what he was in search of. He later told Enrique Rojas of ESPN Deportes that he offered to sign with Toronto for lower than $600 million, which might still put the perimeters $100 million-plus apart when it comes to actual value, assuming Guerrero’s request was somewhat near that $600 million number. Guerrero would really like to do a really long deal like Soto, but has acknowledged that Soto’s unmatched consistency fairly puts the brand new Met’s value higher.
The Toronto Blue Jays offered superstar first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. a deal for about $500 million before negotiations were halted last month — although significant deferrals put an estimate of the particular net present value of the offer between $400 million and $450 million, league sources aware of the negotiation tell The Post.
These figures represent the range the Blue Jays were willing to debate and, thus, details where matters stood before Guerrero’s camp halted negotiations, as promised, before the Jays’ first full-squad workout Feb. 18.
The Jays were offering to make Guerrero the sport’s third-highest paid player, behind Mets superstar Juan Soto’s record $765 million, non-deferred deal that might reach $805 million and Dodgers two-way international superstar Shohei Ohtani’s heavily deferred $700 million deal, which is valued in current dollars at between $440 million and $470 million.
Guerrero, who would hit free agency young (he turns 26 Sunday), reaffirmed to The Post last month that the Jays’ offer was not near what he was in search of. He later told Enrique Rojas of ESPN Deportes that he offered to sign with Toronto for lower than $600 million, which might still put the perimeters $100 million-plus apart when it comes to actual value, assuming Guerrero’s request was somewhat near that $600 million number. Guerrero would really like to do a really long deal like Soto, but has acknowledged that Soto’s unmatched consistency fairly puts the brand new Met’s value higher.
