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Red Sox legend David Ortiz seemingly leaks Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s asking price

Originally posted on Blue Jays Insider | By Victor Bowman | Last updated Feb 20, 2025 12:11 PM ET

Boston Red Sox legend David Ortiz has a very close relationship with Toronto Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and in a recent interview gave his opinion on the negotiations while seeming to slip up and announce the latter's asking price.

Blue Jays fans were crushed to find out a couple days ago that the team was unable to sign Guerrero to an extension, which according to GM Ross Atkins, would have made him the highest-paid Blue Jays player of all-time.

David Ortiz seemingly leaks Vladimir Guerrero Jr's asking price with the Toronto Blue Jays

MLB insider Jeff Passan was recently on the Blair & Barker show in which he stated that Guerrero turned down a lot of money but he did not have specifics on exactly how much he did reject.

During a recent interview, Red Sox legend David Ortiz, who is also very close with Guerrero, stated that the contract he was looking for was around $585 million over 13 years, which Ortiz believes he deserves.

Regarding the contract
@27VladdyJr
it will be "13 years for 585 MM dollars"
All the details at: https://youtu.be/3JsQALRo5i8

If the Blue Jays were to agree on this type of deal, they would have been paying Guerrero $45 million per season for the next 13 years, which is a ton of money without question.

While this is a massive contract, the wild part is that he will likely land something similar next offseason when he is a free agent.

This article first appeared on Blue Jays Insider and was syndicated with permission.

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