Writing in The Athletic on Friday, former Major League Baseball executive Jim Bowden offered a potential solution to the contract extension talks between Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays.

With his free agency looming in less than nine months, the Blue Jays first baseman is generating discussion on a number of fronts.

The Toronto Blue Jays have struck out on many free agents this offseason. With Vladimir Guerrero Jr. set to become a free agent next winter, the Blue Jays would be wise to extend him before they are competing with other teams for him.

According to former major league infielder Carlos Baerga, Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is working toward a massive contract extension t

The Blue Jays had a group of players meet with Roki Sasaki before he picked the Dodgers but it did not include Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

The Blue Jays are planning to reopen extension talks with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors.

Find out the latest Toronto Blue Jays trade rumors, including speculation about Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s future and possible trade scenarios.

Pete Alonso and the Mets appear to be splitting up and the Blue Jays have a Vladimir Guerrero Jr plan if they land the first baseman.

Even Guerrero’s relatively short remaining window of team control doesn’t fully illustrate how quickly the Blue Jays are reaching a crossroads, however. Guerrero has made clear that he set a deadline for negotiations of the first full day of Spring Training with the club’s front office.