The Toronto Blue Jays have made it clear since the offseason started that retaining Bo Bichette was one of their top priorities this winter.

After Dylan Cease officially signed with the organization and a deal for Cody Ponce reportedly agreed to, Toronto now appears to be focusing on adding qualified hitters. Bichette's contract is going to require any team to pay up to sign him, and the Blue Jays are no exception.

Toronto now has an update on just exactly how much it may take to sign Bichette as Keegan Matheson is reporting it could be similar to a deal made last offseason.

"Last December, (Willy) Adames signed a seven-year, $182 million deal with the Giants. That’s an AAV of $26 million, also close to Springer’s annual salary on his current deal ($25 million AAV)," Matheson wro

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