The Toronto Blue Jays made sure Vlad Guerrero Jr. didn’t make it to free agency, where their bids for Shohei Ohtani and Juan Soto came up empty. The Jays retained their first baseman with an agreement on a 14-year deal worth $500 million. The signing is an enormous one besides the half billion dollars. Here are the biggest takeaways from the deal.
1. The two biggest contracts in baseball history by net present value belong to corner players, not athletic, up-the-middle players.
