DUNEDIN, FLA.—Just about everywhere you looked in baseball this past week, a big name was signing a multimillion-dollar contract extension. On Tuesday, it was perennial MVP candidate Mike Trout’s record 12-year, $430-million deal with the Los Angeles Angels (all dollars U.S.). Top Blue Jays prospects Vladimir Guerrero Jr., left, and Bo Bichette would be logical candidates for the kind of long-term contract extensions handed out in recent days. 3 prospect, two spots behind Blue Jays third baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — earned the biggest financial guarantee ever for a player before his major-league debut: six years, $43 million. Asked specifically about Guerrero and Bichette, Atkins said: “If there’s a way to do that with the players that we have, we will find a way.” Atkins has also had injury concerns to deal with.

Source: thestar March 23, 2019 01:30 UTC