{"id":331899,"date":"2025-12-05T11:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/331899\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T11:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:04:10","slug":"dylan-cease-makes-blue-jays-history-with-jersey-number-after-mlb-free-agent-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/331899\/","title":{"rendered":"Dylan Cease Makes Blue Jays History with Jersey Number After MLB Free-Agent Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Dylan Cease will wear No. 84 with the Toronto Blue Jays, making him the first player in franchise history to do so. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The star pitcher <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/47112453\/sources-blue-jays-dylan-cease-reach-7-year-210m-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">signed<\/a> a seven-year, $210 million deal with the Jays in free agency this winter, the first major splash of the MLB offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">It was a major statement of intent from the defending American League champs, who narrowly lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a seven-game World Series that was an instant classic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">He&#8217;ll now headline a loaded rotation that also includes Kevin Gausman, Shane Bieber, Jos\u00e9 Berr\u00edos and postseason breakout star Trey Yesavage. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">It remains to be seen if the Cease signing will keep the Blue Jays from aggressively upgrading the lineup, however. The team <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25315605-will-kyle-tucker-sign-blue-jays-contract-insider-gives-latest-update-mlb-fa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">did host<\/a> Kyle Tucker for a visit on Wednesday, an indication that the Blue Jays could be major players this offseason, while Bo Bichette remains a candidate to be re-signed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The 29-year-old Cease didn&#8217;t have his strongest season in 2024, finishing 8-12 with a 4.55 ERA, 1.32 WHIP and 215 strikeouts in 168 innings. But he&#8217;s now posted five straight seasons with over 165 innings pitched and over 200 strikeouts, making him a workhorse who routinely misses bats. And he was a major factor in the San Diego Padres reaching the postseason the past two years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Optimism is high in Toronto, with a rotation now built to endure the rough American League East. If the Blue Jays also add Tucker, or even retain Bichette, Toronto will very much be liking its chances to win its first title since 1993. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dylan Cease will wear No. 84 with the Toronto Blue Jays, making him the first player in franchise&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-331899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}