{"id":407106,"date":"2025-11-26T23:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T23:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/407106\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T23:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T23:55:11","slug":"blue-jays-to-sign-dylan-cease-to-seven-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/407106\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays To Sign Dylan Cease To Seven-Year Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Blue Jays are going to sign Dylan Cease<\/a><\/strong>, reports Jon Heyman of The New York Post<\/a>. It will be a seven-year, $210MM deal. There are some deferrals, per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, though the details of the deferrals haven\u2019t been publicly reported. Though the Jays gave Vladimir Guerrero Jr.<\/a><\/strong> a $500MM extension, this will be the largest free agent signing in franchise history, surpassing George Springer<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s six-year, $150MM deal.<\/p>\n

Cease, 30 next month, entered free agency as a test case of how much modern front offices care about earned run average. In two of the past three seasons, his ERA has jumped to the mid-4.00s, including a 4.55 mark in 2025.<\/p>\n

However, in just about every other respect, he has been great. He has been incredibly durable. His control isn\u2019t amazing but he has racked up strikeouts. He has kept his fastball velocity in the upper 90s, while also featuring a slider, knuckle curve and changeup.<\/p>\n

Though Cease debuted back in 2019, he has actually never been on the major league injured list, apart from a very brief stint on the COVID list in 2021. He made 12 starts in the shortened 2020 season and has taken the ball at least 32 times in each full season since. In total, he\u2019s made 174 starts since the start of 2020, which leads all major league pitchers. He generally doesn\u2019t pitch deep into games, however, so he\u2019s ninth in that span in terms of innings.<\/p>\n

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