With the Toronto Blue Jays wrapping up an underwhelming season as the team will miss the playoffs, a year removed from making the World Series in 2025, the biggest story around the ball club surrounds Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and his contract. Guerrero would make controversial comments about his Blue Jays contract that many people in […]
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A year after coming within two outs of a World Series championship, the Blue Jays will finish below .500 and […]
Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. sparked backlash after recent comments regarding the 14-year, $500 million contract extension he signed last offseason, and now the six-time All-Star is profusely apologizing for his remarks as his tough 2026 campaign nears its end.
The Toronto Blue Jays are making some moves ahead of their final series of the season. Right-handed pitcher John Klein has been recalled from triple-A Buffalo, and in a corresponding move, fellow righty CJ Van Eyk was optioned to the Blue Jays’ spring training complex, the team announced Friday ahead of the opener of their series against the Cincinnati Reds (7:07 p.m. ET on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+). Klein was acquired by Toronto in a deadline trade that sent Jeff Hoffman to the Minnesota Twin...
The firestorm that he created with his outrageous comments earlier this week was just too much to bear. Now, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has faced the media—and the fans—to apologize for saying that his 14-year, $500M contract was rewarding him for what he's already done, not what he's going to do in the future. The outrage from fans and followers of baseball everywhere (and likely within the offices of the Rogers Centre) made it obvious that this needed to be addressed. Vladimir Guerrero Jr m...
After a long summer of terrible Toronto Blue Jays baseball, hockey is finally here. While the Calgary Flames don’t kick-off their 2026-27 season until early October, several of their prospects have already begun their season. Players playing in Sweden, Russia, and the Canadian Hockey League have already dipped their toes in 2026-27 action, with college…
An MLB legend is defending Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. for his comments
Getty Images The New York Mets give them a run for the title , but for my money, the Seattle Mariners are the most disappointing team in baseball this year. The Mets crashed hard last year and I could envision how things could go sideways coming into this season. The Mariners, though? They were supposed to be one of baseball’s very best teams after pushing the Toronto Blue Jays to Game 7 of the ALCS last year. Instead, the Mariners are on pace for their worst record in a full season since losi...
TORONTO – Baseball is full of long days and short years, which is how it can simultaneously feel like George Springer’s been with the Toronto Blue Jays forever and that the six seasons in his then-club-record $150-million free-agent contract have flown by. So much has happened since he signed that fateful agreement Jan. 23, 2021, while the federal government’s pandemic restrictions that locked the club out of its home for a season-and-a-half were still in place. Despite 91 wins, the Blue Jays ...
Max Scherzer isn't ready to say whether Wednesday was one of his final career starts, but he's made clear an answer is coming soon. The 42-year-old right-hander allowed four runs on four hits across five innings in a 4-2 loss to Baltimore, a game that officially eliminated the Toronto Blue Jays from postseason contention. Asked about his future afterward, Scherzer kept the door open without committing either way. "I'll probably say something here in the next couple days," he said.
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Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s production at the plate crashed in 2026. It wasn’t a gradual drop; it was a dramatic fall from a 23-home-run, .848-OPS season to a 9-homer, .695-OPS one. His recent numbers definitely don’t justify a 14-year, $500 million contract. Questions are inevitable with a production decline this steep so early into a massive […]
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The Toronto Blue Jays’ now-failed playoff push began around the trade deadline, but it wasn’t necessarily what the team had in mind when it was wheeling and dealing in early August. Toronto left the door open for a late-season surge by acquiring players it knew it could use immediately in José Soriano, Josh Smith and Spencer Arrighetti, and holding onto players on expiring contracts like George Springer and Shane Bieber. At the same time, it entered deadline day with 4.4 per cent playoff odds ...
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So what does an actual ex-major league baseball general manager feel about a player saying he was given a gargantuan long-term contract based on "past performance" only? Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s shocking comments in a Spanish-language interview that came out on Wednesday have the whole baseball world shaking its collective head. The Toronto Blue Jays' $500 Million Dollar Man said that he was given his 14-year extension "for what I already accomplished", not for what he was going to do over the ...
The Toronto Blue Jays spent last November standing 90 feet from a World Series championship. They will spend this October at home. Wednesday’s elimination made the fall official. The Blue Jays stood at 77-82, last in the American League East, with three games remaining. The Los Angeles Dodgers won Game 7 of the 2025 World […]
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The Seattle Mariners were on their way to playing in the World Series for the first time in team history a year ago. They had a 3-1 lead late in the seventh game of the American League Championship Series against the Toronto Blue Jays, but they could not hold that margin. It was a heartbreaking […]
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Dylan Cease does not believe John Schneider should take the fall for the Toronto Blue Jays’ disappointing 2026 season. Toronto was officially eliminated from postseason contention Wednesday, ending any hope of returning to the World Series after capturing the American League pennant last season. Despite how things unfolded in 2026, Cease wants Schneider back in […]
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When the Toronto Blue Jays released Robert Brooks from his minor league contract in March, the 27-year-old catcher had appeared in 109 minor league games and eight Grapefruit League games across two spring trainings with the MLB club. Brooks wasn’t…
One year, ago, the Toronto Blue Jays were playing in the World Series. This season, they missed the playoffs in their entirety. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. played a big part in the team disappointing. The first baseman is clearly one of the best players in MLB, but he had a down year from a numbers perspective. […]
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After a 44-game career as a pitcher, the right-hander found greater success as a coach.
Toronto Blue Jays star pitcher Dylan Cease’s season is over due to a shoulder injury. The Blue Jays made a push but were ultimately eliminated from postseason contention on Wednesday as well. With the focus now on 2027, fans are surely wondering if Cease’s injury will cause any concerns for the offseason or next year. […]
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Vladimir Guerrero signed a $500 million contract before last season.
As the Toronto Blue Jays put the finishing touches on a disappointing 2026 season, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. isn't backing down from a recent quote he about his individual performance and the contract extension he signed last year.