{"id":311940,"date":"2025-11-27T10:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T10:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/311940\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T10:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T10:06:12","slug":"dylan-cease-reportedly-agrees-to-210m-blue-jays-contract-updated-payroll-rotation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/311940\/","title":{"rendered":"Dylan Cease Reportedly Agrees to $210M Blue Jays Contract, Updated Payroll, Rotation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">After a disappointing showing with the San Diego Padres in 2025, starting pitcher Dylan Cease is hoping that a change in scenery will help him get back on track.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">According to the New York Post&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/1993820989512405273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Jon Heyman<\/a>, Cease agreed to a seven-year, $210 million contract with the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday following his two-year tenure with the Padres.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Mitch Bannon and <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ken_Rosenthal\/status\/1993825884353253511\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Ken Rosenthal<\/a> of The Athletic reported the deal included deferrals:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">With the team already staring at a projected payroll of $233 million, per <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fangraphs.com\/roster-resource\/payroll\/blue-jays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">FanGraphs<\/a>, this deal underlines the organization&#8217;s short-term ambitions. The starting rotation now has four pitchers making $16 million or more, and Cease might be an insurance policy with ace Kevin Gausman and Shane Bieber heading for free agency in 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Blue Jays Starting Rotation<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Cease was traded to San Diego from the Chicago White Sox ahead of the 2024 season. The deal initially looked like a great move for the Padres, as he threw the second no-hitter in franchise history and finished his first year with a 14-11 record, a 3.47 ERA and 224 strikeouts in 33 starts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">However, Cease struggled to live up to the success of his first year this past season. He made 32 starts in 2025 and posted an 8-12 record with a 4.55 ERA and 215 strikeouts. He started Game 2 of San Diego&#8217;s National League Wild Card Series against the Chicago Cubs and pitched 3.2 shutout innings in a 3-0 win, but the Padres were eliminated from the postseason with a loss in Game 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">In his seven MLB seasons, Cease has a 3.88 career ERA and 1,231 strikeouts. If he gets back to his usual form, he can be a strong addition for a Blue Jays squad that won an American League pennant in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Toronto will be hoping that Cease will be a complementary starter next to Gausman as it tries to compete for a playoff spot again next season and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a disappointing showing with the San Diego Padres in 2025, starting pitcher Dylan Cease is hoping that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-311940","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}