Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had big dreams when he signed with the club as a 16-year-old a decade ago.
Those thoughts have become reality with the only big-league franchise he has ever known.
Friends, family, teammates and members of the team’s front office joined him at Rogers Centre for a celebratory news conference Monday after he signed a 14-year contract extension worth $500 million US.
“I’d always think, ‘I’m going to be a Blue Jay forever’ and that’s what happened today,” Guerrero said in a packed media conference room. “Thank God we did it and I’m going to be a Blue Jay forever.”
News that the two sides had agreed to a deal first broke a week ago. The Blue Jays confirmed the signing last Wednesday when the team…