One year after earning a record salary through arbitration, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays avoided another boardroom faceoff by agreeing to a one-year, $28.5 million deal on Thursday.

Amid months of trade speculation, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has settled his contract with the Toronto Blue Jays. Per The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal,

The Blue Jays and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. have agreed to a $28.5MM salary to avoid an arbitration hearing, reports Shi Davidi of Sportsnet. This does not prevent the sides from discussing a long-term deal in advance of Guerrero’s final year of club control.

As the clock continued ticking towards the 8:00 pm ‘hard’ deadline on arbitration deadline day, there were just two Blue Jays players left standing without contracts: Alejandro Kirk and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

Earlier this week, we heard that the Toronto Blue Jays are more than $100 million apart in contract negotiations with first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Accor

Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s free agency next offseason is already grabbing headlines, with the star first baseman putting the Toronto Blue Jays on a clock to give him an extension worth not denying.

Through those lenses, a one-year deal to avoid arbitration, even at $28.5 million, was easy. The really hard work, trying to lock up Guerrero for the rest of his career and dealing with all the ramifications that come with that attempt,

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Blue Jays avoided salary arbitration with a $28.5 million, one-year deal, while Framber Valdez and the Astros reached an $18 million deal.

MLB Tonight discusses the Blue Jays and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. avoiding arbitration, if the Blue Jays could re-sign him next year and more

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