Head scratcher to me. The guy was 8–12 with a 4.55 ERA last year. Heading into his age 30 year. I believe he has struck out over 200 five straight years. 32 starts last year sounds like an arm injury waiting to happen. And with those metrics may already be on the way.
Toronto landed a major target Wednesday, reportedly agreeing to a seven-year, $210 million deal with free-agent starter Dylan Cease. The deal is the largest ever given to a free agent in Blue Jays history and it’s the team’s second-largest contract ever, behind only Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s $500 million extension.
With that, Cease, who was No. 10 on Yahoo’s Top 50 free agents list, becomes the first domino to fall in this year’s starting pitching market, taking one of the winter’s most coveted names off the board.
$210 million. Mmmm ok. I don’t think this is money well spent
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