Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays failed to come to terms on a contract extension by his Monday night deadline. Guerrero intends to become a free agent in November, but he did say he \"won\'t close the door\" on a \"realistic offer from the Jays.
Guerrero said he had set a deadline of 9 p.m. Monday, but the last call from the Blue Jays came at 10:30 p.m. When asked if the team was close to what he was asking, Guerrero simply said, \"No.\"
General manager Ross Atkins said the Blue Jays\' offers were \"very, very aggressive.\"
\"I am confident that we exhausted the communication, the ideas, the thoughts and communicated every dollar,\" Atkins said Tuesday. \"... The offers that we made for Vlad would\'ve been record-setting and would\'ve made him one of the highest-paid players in the game.\"
\"Listen, I want to be here. I want to be a Blue Jay for the rest of my career,\" Guerrero said. \"But it\'s free agency. It\'s business. So I\'m going to have to listen to 29 more teams and they\'re going to have to compete for that.\"
Via Jeff Passan/ESPN
