Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Gets a 14-Year, $500M Deal with the Blue Jays

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

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Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Eno and DVR discuss the massive deal for Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Blue Jays -- 14 years, $500 million -- as extension season rolls further into April. They also wonder if the Jays will be able to supplement the face of their franchise effectively and snap a postseason losing streak that stretches back to 2016. Please participate in our listener survey! theathletic.com/athletic/survey25 (Three lucky entries will receive £/$100 worth of Amazon vouchers!) Rundown 4:47 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Gets 14-Year, $500M Deal w/Blue Jays 10:31 What Else Will the Jays Do to Supplement the Roster Around Vlad? 17:56 Chase Dollander's Debut; Zac Veen Promoted by Rockies 26:52 Blake Snell to the IL with Shoulder Swelling 30:28 Ketel Marte to the IL; Tim Tawa Promoted over Jordan Lawlar 32:40 Other News & Notes: Nestor Cortes Jr., Sean Murphy & Iván Herrera 45:08 Handling Slow Starts in the NFBC (and Elsewhere) 51:05 Where the Money Went: Kyren Paris, Jake Mangum, 12-Team Starting Pitcher Targets & the Closer Carousel Follow Eno on Bluesky: @enosarris.bsky.social Follow DVR on Bluesky: @dvr.bsky.social e-mail: [email protected] Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/FyBa9f3wFe Subscribe to The Athletic: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Hosts: Derek VanRiper & Eno Sarris Executive Producer: Derek VanRiper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	Music Welcome to Rates and barrels. It is Monday, April 7th. Derek Van Riper, Enoceris here with you on this episode.
0:51.9	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. gets a 14-year, $500 million deal with the Blue Jays.
0:59.3	We will dig into the implications of that.
1:01.8	The Rockies have been busy promoting prospects.
1:04.4	We saw Chase Dallender make his big league debut on Sunday.
1:07.8	Zach Veen is up.
1:09.1	We'll dig into that.
1:09.9	We got some injury news because it's been a few days.
1:12.5	There are always players injured. Fortunately, a few guys came back from their injuries as well.
1:17.1	We have some mailbag questions. And as we do every Monday, we'll take a look back at where the money went.
1:22.3	Talk about some of the players that have popped up on rosters over the last 48 hours or so.
1:27.6	Eno, before we get started, how was your weekend?
1:31.3	It was good.
1:32.7	My mother became an American citizen.
1:35.3	Nice.
1:35.7	And what did I do?
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