With all eyes on Vladimir Guerrero Jr. as the deadline for MLB teams and arbitration-eligible players to exchange figures for 2025 came on Thursday, the Toronto Blue Jays got a deal done with their star first baseman.
The Blue Jays also came to terms on one-year deals with six other players to avoid going to arbitration at all in 2025.
The deadline typically leads to agreements and even some extensions, while others don’t find common ground and file separate numbers instead, which forces teams and players to go to hearings generally set in February to decide their contracts.
Guerrero became the first Blue Jay to go to a hearing since Ryan Tepera in 2019 last winter.
Here is a tracker with all of the Blue Jays who came to terms on a deal to avoid arbitration:
• Reliever Erik Swanson avoided arbitration with a $3 million deal in November.
• Reliever Zach Pop avoided arbitration with a $900,000 deal on Thursday.
• Reliever Nick Sandlin avoided arbitration with a $1.63 million deal on Thursday.
• Outfielder Daulton Varsho avoided arbitration with an $8.2 million deal on Thursday.
• Starter Alek Manoah avoided arbitration with a $2.2 million deal on Thursday.
• Third baseman Ernie Clement avoided arbitration with a $1.975 million deal on Thursday.
• Catcher Alejandro Kirk avoided arbitration with a $4.6 million deal on Thursday.
• First baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. avoided arbitration with a $28.5 million deal on Thursday.
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