NEW YORK (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero’s yearly salaries are front-loaded under the $500 million, 14-year contract he agreed to this week with the Toronto Blue Jays, a deal that covers 2026-39.
A four-time All-Star first baseman, Guerrero receives a record $325 million signing bonus payable in 15 installments from 2025-39, according to contract details obtained by The Associated Press.
After earning $28.5 million this year under a one-year deal agreed to in January, Guerrero gets an initial $20 million of the signing bonus within 30 days of the contract’s approval by Major League Baseball.
Toronto’s remaining signing bonus payments are due each June 30 from 2026-39: $13 million in 2026, $14 million in 2027, $16 million in 2028, $18 million in 2029, $20 million each in 2030, ‘31 and ‘32, $22 million apiece in 2033 and ’34, $23 million in 2035, $24 million in 2036, $29 million in 2037, $31 million in 2038 and $33 million in 2039.
Guerrero gets salaries of $17 million each in 2026 and ‘27, $16 million in 2028, $15 million in 2029, $14.5 million apiece in 2030, ‘31 and ’32, $12.5 million each in 2033 and ’34, $11.5 million in 2035, $10.5 million in 2036, $7 million in 2037, $6.5 million in 2038 and $6 million in 2039.
