{"id":27658,"date":"2025-02-21T03:26:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T03:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27658"},"modified":"2025-02-21T03:26:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T03:26:11","slug":"vladimir-guerrero-jr-fuels-blockbuster-yankees-rumors-with-eye-opening-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27658","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Vladimir Guerrero Jr. fuels blockbuster Yankees rumors with eye-opening comments!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-subtitle\">&#8216;In the end, they&#8217;ll have Vladdy and Aaron Judge in the middle of the lineup.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"published-by\">\n<header class=\"article-header article-header--story\" aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\">\n<div class=\"article-header__detail\">\n<figure class=\"featured-image\" data-aqa=\"featured-image\"><picture class=\"featured-image__ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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class=\"caption\">Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Toronto Blue Jays celebrates as he rounds the bases after he hit a two run home run in the first inning as Anthony Rizzo of the New York Yankees reacts at Yankee Stadium on April 21, 2023.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"credit\">Photo by Elsa<\/span>\u00a0\/<span class=\"distributor\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>Spring Training is supposed to be a time of optimism in baseball, when fans of any team can look ahead to the coming season with hope.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_2\">\n<p>Well, maybe not Blue Jays fans.<\/p>\n<p>After the team failed to come to an agreement with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on a long-term contract extension, the homegrown superstar is set to walk in free agency after this season.<\/p>\n<p>With the star slugger\u2019s self-imposed deadline for a new deal passing on Tuesday, speculation has run rampant on where Vladdy\u2019s next baseball home will be because it\u2019s very doubtful he will be in Toronto beyond 2025 \u2014 if he isn\u2019t traded away earlier in the season.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded-video jw-qortex-target\" data-aqa=\"embed-video\">\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">One MLB insider got out his crystal ball and predicted where the all-star first baseman would end up and it won\u2019t make Jays fans happy at all.<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance on MLB Network Radio on Sirius XM, Phillips gave his thoughts on Vladdy\u2019s next potential landing spot.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"js-widget-content article-content__widget-group article-content__widget-group--content-slot16 article-content__widget-group--newsletter-slot\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-widget__new-story-page None 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So, I think Vladdy\u2019s a Yankee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"js-widget-content article-content__widget-group article-content__widget-group--content-slot32\">\n<section class=\"conversation-starter\" data-aqa=\"widget-conversation-starter\" data-widget=\"conversation_starter\" data-engage=\"10989\">\n<div class=\"conversation-starter-container\" data-sso-conversation-starter=\"\">\n<div class=\"viafoura\">\n<div>\n<div data-v-43d986f0=\"\">\n<div class=\"vf-conversation-starter\" data-v-43d986f0=\"\" data-test=\"vf-es-root-element\">\n<div class=\"vf-conversation-starter__flex-wrapper\" data-v-43d986f0=\"\">\n<div class=\"vf-conversation-starter__content\" data-v-43d986f0=\"\">\n<div data-v-43d986f0=\"\">\n<div class=\"vf-conversation-starter__content-box\" data-v-92622e80=\"\" data-v-43d986f0=\"\" data-test=\"vf-es-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vf-conversation-starter-content-poll__container vf-conversation-starter__poll-wrapper\" data-v-e64fb00c=\"\" 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I\u2019m a professional,\u201d Guerrero said when asked if he\u2019d play for the Yankees. \u201cI go out on the field to play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also walked back his previous comments about the Jays\u2019 AL East rivals.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\u201cI talked with my dad, I talked with my family. Sometimes you say things that, it\u2019s not like that,\u201d Guerrero said. \u201cI didn\u2019t hold back what I said about the Yankees. But what I say is that the organization understands me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a player that the (Yankees), that they need me with, or if they do something, it\u2019s because they need me, obviously. 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