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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 28: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. #27 of the Toronto Blue Jays celebrates after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in game four of the 2025 World Series at Dodger Stadium on October 28, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) Getty Images The Toronto Blue Jays had a season to remember, even if they didn’t bring home the World Series trophy. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ascended to Canadian folk hero status with an incredible postseason, uniting an entire nation. It never could’ve happened without the contract extension he signed in April, which almost didn’t come to pass. Shortly after the regular season began, the Blue Jays and Guerrero came to an agreement that would keep him in Toronto through 2039 on a 14-year, $500 million deal. Including the 2025 season, he has a .288/.366/.495 batting line over his seven-year career with 25.8 WAR (Baseball-Reference version), five All-Star appearances, two Silver Sluggers, a Gold Glove, and now an American League Championship Series MVP. The extension set up the postseason in which Guerrero cemented himself not just as the Blue Jays’ superstar, but as their emotional center. He batted .397/.494/.795 in the playoffs, trolled the Yankees after the Division Series victory, and was witnessed openly weeping as the last player left in the dugout following their World Series defeat. Throughout the spring, it looked like the extension would never happen. Over the winter, he issued a deadline for extension talks of the beginning of spring training in mid-February. That deadline came and went with no deal in place. All through spring training, he and the Blue Jays executives had to answer questions about his future, and it looked like he would become a free agent after the 2025…

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