The Toronto Blue Jays didn’t play like underdogs in the 2025 World Series, and they didn’t pay like underdogs in their new agreement with Dylan Cease .

Canada’s only MLB franchise was inaccurately billed as the David to the Dodgers’ Goliath going into the Series, but it had been billed as a brewing behemoth by people inside the game for quite a while.

And now, on the heels of an American League pennant and a so-close-it-hurts finish in the Fall Classic, the Jays have unmistakably shown that, when it comes to their unfinished business, well, they mean business.

Big business, in this particular case.

Signings & Trades

A seven-year, $210 million pact with Cease -- even with deferrals that bring the “true” present-day value to something more like $182 million -- is a major commitment to

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