With their 14-year, $500 million contract extension, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays have reportedly executed a feat of creative accounting that would make the Los Angeles Dodgers blush.
MLB's latest megadeal contains a $325 million signing bonus, according to The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal, only it's not really a signing bonus by any definition sports fans have learned. Rather than pay the 25-year-old nearly a third of a billion dollars up front, the Blue Jays will reportedly pay it to him in varying annual amounts over the 14 years of the contract.