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<!--> Details have emerged on the makeup of the 14-year, $500 million extension that Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays agreed to earlier this week. And those details are surprising, for a number of reasons.Per Ken Rosenthal and The Athletic, of the $500 million the Jays will pay Guerrero Jr. between now and 2039, a whopping $325 million of it will be paid as a signing bonus instead of as salary. The first $20 million signing bonus is set to be paid within 30 days, even though the contract doesn't actually begin until 2026.As Rosenthal detailed, there are two reasons why Guerrero would prefer to have $325 million of his deal paid out in a signing bonus rather than as salary. The first is that he lives in Florida, a state without income tax, and signing bonuses are paid […]
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April 9, 2025