For a Boras client to go this early in free agency it’s a clear Rogers overpay, but meh. Cable and cell bills go up.
No question the run and the whole spotlight on the Jays for those 3 weeks in October opened some eyes and shed a positive light on the organization. So it helped in this case, but this deal was too good for Cease to pass up, probably 2-3 more years then anyone else was going to give him.
Forget Ohtani and Soto, those guys had a planned destination in mind, but some of the “lesser” but still quality free agents are the ones that chose somewhere else, outside of Santander, and those are the ones that baseball wise, were troubling to lose out on previously.
But there’s still Bo, maybe another bat and a bullpen to fill. Jays don’t want to be done yet but can they snag that mid to upper tier free agent who again, like previous years has a choice of a few places, without a big overpay?
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