Vladimir Guerrero Jr. confirms not having received a long-term contract offer

The fashion of recent years has been to sign young long-term stars quickly. That’s notably what the Braves, Padres and even the Rays did by signing Ronald Acuna Jr., Fernando Tatis Jr. and Wander Franco quickly.

We know the Nationals haven’t been able to do that with Juan Soto yet, but at least a $350 million offer has been made – and turned down.

But that’s not the case for the Blue Jays with Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

According to the principal concerned, the Blue Jays have not yet offered the star a long-term contract. This was confirmed on Instagram.

Note that Bo Bichette did not take part in such an exercise. We therefore do not know if this is the case for him too and it is the same principle for Teoscar Hernandez.

Is time running out for Toronto? The answer is yes and no. It depends how you look at things.

If the club wants to wait, it is possible to do so. After all, he has four years of refereeing left before he achieves free agency after the 2025 season.

But at the same time, every year that passes is a risk of seeing him order an even bigger contract down the line.

Right now, it’s not illogical to believe he’ll be asking for at least $400 million based on the contracts of his young friends across the league and based on his 2021 season.

And if he continues to be in good shape and perform well, Rogers will have no choice but to pull out his checkbook in order to keep him in town. And there, it could be (really) expensive.

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