The Toronto Blue Jays and starting pitcher Dylan Cease reportedly agreed to a seven-year contract worth $210 million. The Blue Jays are still facing questions with Bo Bichette remaining in free agency , but Toronto clearly wanted to upgrade the starting rotation. While the Blue Jays going out and spending money in MLB free agency is respectable, there are multiple reasons to doubt this specific signing.

Cease endured a down 2025 campaign with the San Diego Padres. Could he bounce back? Absolutely. However, the decision to give him a seven-year deal is fairly surprising.

Here are three reasons why the Blue Jays' Cease signing will backfire.

Cease vs. the AL East

Cease spent five years with the Chicago White Sox in the American League before pitching in San Diego for the last two s

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