The Toronto Blue Jays have yet to land a star free agent. They missed on Juan Soto and watched Corbin Burnes and Teoscar Hernández sign with other teams. With options now limited, they could sign one of the best remaining bats.
While making predictions for remaining free agents, Just Baseball’s Ryan Finkelstein predicted that Anthony Santander would sign with the Blue Jays on a five-year, $110 million deal.
“Still only 30 years old, Santander can look for a deal that is at least five years long in free agency, but teams may be wary of committing that many years to him, wrote Finkelstein. “Somebody has to take the Blue Jays money, right? This was our original prediction that Anthony Santander was going to land with his former division rival and sign the Blue Jays, and it certainly seems like that could still be in the cards.”
Santander is coming off a career year. He hit 44 home runs and won his first career Silver Slugger. He was also an All-Star for the first time in his career. The Blue Jays are in a competitive division with the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles. They will need to add more talent to compete in 2025.
Not only are the Blue Jays trying to make a run in 2025, they are trying to convince Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette to sign long-term deals in Toronto. They will have to show a commitment to winning by signing stars to do that.
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