A seven-year contract doesn’t usually shift the entire mood of an offseason, but this one did the moment it leaked out of Toronto. Late Wednesday night, word broke that the Blue Jays and Dylan Cease had agreed to a seven-year, 210-million-dollar pact. For the New York Yankees, already coming off a season in which Toronto took the AL East, handled them in the regular season, and shoved them out of the Division Series, this felt like another door slamming shut before the stove even heated up.

Toronto Pushes Its Window Wide Open

Cease is a fascinating gamble because the talent has never been in question. At his best, he looks like a frontline arm with off-the-charts movement and a strikeout rate that lives in rare territory. At his worst, he fights his delivery and the walks creep in. Toron

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