North American media reported that the Toronto Blue Jays have reached an agreement to recruit free-agent pitcher Dylan Cease with a huge 7-year contract worth 210 million USD – becoming the largest free-agent signing in the history of the team and clearly demonstrating the Canadian representative’s ambition to return to the championship race.
This is a big gamble for the Blue Jays’ leadership when Cease, although once one of the top “strikeout machines” in MLB and having a period of peak performance, has also been questioned about his stability recently, a factor that can directly affect the value of this long-term contract.
If he passes the final medical examination, Cease will join the main pitching staff including Kevin Gausman and other pillars, helping the Blue Jays own one of the most formidable rotations in the American League for next season. This sensational deal immediately created a wave of strong debate in the fan community: one side expected Cease to be the “golden piece” that would bring Toronto back to the throne, the other side worried that the team was pushing itself into a huge financial burden if he could not maintain his form, turning the upcoming season into a pressure-filled demonstration of Dylan Cease’s personal worth in the blue and white of the Blue Jays.
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