Free agent starting pitcher Dylan Cease , who has made at least 32 starts in each of the past five seasons, reached a seven-year, $210 million deal with the Toronto Blue Jays , sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan on Wednesday.

With the deal, which is pending a physical, the Blue Jays add to an already formidable team that won the American League pennant and advanced to the World Series, losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games.

Cease, who turns 30 next month, has been a reliable front-line starter for the past five seasons, ranking fourth in that span in pitcher WAR, ahead of Tarik Skubal , Max Fried and Framber Valdez .

The right-hander has alternated between dominant seasons and, given the quality of his stuff, disappointing ones. In 2022 and 2024, Cease finished secon

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