{"id":89163,"date":"2025-11-27T05:02:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/dylan-cease-to-the-blue-jays-signs-for-7-years-and-210m-strengthens-the-rotation\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T05:02:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:02:30","slug":"dylan-cease-to-the-blue-jays-signs-for-7-years-and-210m-strengthens-the-rotation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mlb\/dylan-cease-to-the-blue-jays-signs-for-7-years-and-210m-strengthens-the-rotation\/","title":{"rendered":"Dylan Cease to the Blue Jays: Signs for 7 years and $210M, strengthens the rotation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dylan Cease Signs a Million-Dollar Contract with the Blue Jays<\/h2>\n\n\nFree agent starting pitcher Dylan Cease has reached a seven-year, $210 million agreement with the Toronto Blue Jays. The news, which is still subject to a physical review, was confirmed by sources close to the negotiation.\n\nThis agreement represents a significant reinforcement for the Blue Jays, who seek to consolidate their position in the American League and aim for the top. Cease, known for his consistency on the mound, has been a key piece in the rotations of the teams he has played for.\n\nCease, who will turn 30 next month, has proven to be a reliable starter over the last five seasons, ranking among the best in terms of WAR for pitchers.\n\n\n
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En cinco temporadas como abridor a tiempo completo con los Padres de 2021 a 2025, Dylan Cease lider\u00f3 las Grandes Ligas en ponches (1.106), pero tambi\u00e9n en bases por bolas (361) y lanzamientos descontrolados (51).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nThe right-handed pitcher has had dominant seasons and others less outstanding. In 2022 and 2024, Cease finished second and fourth in the Cy Young voting, respectively, with a record of 28-19 and an ERA of 2.84. In 2023 and 2025, his record was 15-21 with an ERA of 4.57.\n\nCease’s style is characterized by vertical movement, a focus on velocity and breaking balls, and a high strikeout rate.\n\n\n

His slider, in particular, underperformed last season, but Cease is still coming off a career-best 29.8% strikeout rate and a 3.56 ERA, a slight improvement compared to his 2021-2024 average.<\/p>\n\n\nThese numbers, combined with his age and the needs of other teams for starters, made him one of the most coveted pitchers in free agency.\n\nCease rejected the Padres’ $22.025 million qualifying offer, which gives San Diego a compensatory pick in the draft after the fourth round.\n\nSelected in the sixth round by the Chicago Cubs in 2014, Cease arrived at the Chicago White Sox in a trade involving Eloy Jim\u00e9nez in 2017 and was then acquired by the San Diego Padres in March 2024.\n\nIn his five years as a starting opener from 2021 to 2025, Cease led the Major Leagues in strikeouts (1,106), but also in walks (361) and wild pitches (51).","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dylan Cease Signs a Million-Dollar Contract with the Blue Jays Free agent starting pitcher Dylan Cease has reached a seven-year, $210 million agreement with the Toronto Blue Jays. The news, which is still subject to a physical review, was confirmed by sources close to the negotiation. This agreement represents a significant reinforcement for the Blue […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[65,1220,1784,3832],"class_list":{"0":"post-89163","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-contract","9":"tag-dylan-cease","10":"tag-launcher","11":"tag-toronto-blue-jays"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}