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Toronto Blue Jays officially introduce Dylan Cease at Winter Meetings
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The Toronto Blue Jays officially introduced Dylan Cease at this years Winter Meetings in Orlando FLA on Tuesday.
The Blue Jays acquisition of free agent Dylan Cease was on full display at the Winter Meetings as he is introduced by agent Scott Boras and GM Ross Atkins.
Dylan Cease puts on the Jays jersey for the first time 🙌
Cease told the media that he chose the Blue Jays because they're a championship caliber team.
"They've proven they have championship-calibre players and obviously a good process." Dylan Cease on why he chose to sign with the Blue Jays.
Dylan Cease couldn't find anyone with a bad word to say about the Blue Jays. 🤝
Great opportunities for Cease to thrive with the Blue Jays
MLB.com's Keegan Matheson reported that Schneider views it as a real opportunity for Cease to get better.
John Schneider says the Blue Jays see "a real opportunity" for Dylan Cease to get even better. He added that it "caught Cease's attention" when Toronto's staff spoke to him about different fastball grips and developing more of a changeup, as examples.
Cease's contract is a $210 million guarantee for the Boras Corporation client, though it includes deferred money that'll drop the average annual value for luxury tax purposes to roughly $26 million. That puts the net present value closer to $182 million.
Even after adjusting for deferrals, it's the largest free agent signing in franchise history. Though the Jays gave Vladimir Guerrero Jr. a $500 million extension earlier this year, they'd never gone beyond George Springer's six-year, $150 million deal on the open market.
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