[Heyman] Breaking: Dylan Cease to Blue Jays. $210M, 7 years
November 26, 2025
[Heyman] Breaking: Dylan Cease to Blue Jays. $210M, 7 years
44 comments
HOLY SHIT
MARK AND ROSS COOKING WHILE AMERICAN GMS ARE DISTRACTED BY THANKSGIVING
is that Bichettes money or the Jays all the way in?
That’s a lot of money for Dylan Cease.
Congrats though Jays fans. When he’s on the stuff is nasty. Just needs to find more consistency.
Lots of early action this year.
Good get for them, solidifies the rotation well. Good start to getting back to the WS next year✊
Whether I agree with the contract or not, it’s fantastic to see a team who came up as short as one can try to improve their team. Well done Toronto
Jesus That’s a lot of money for cease
Just kidding he has deferrals in the contract it’s not as crazy as my gut reaction had me feel
I like this for Toronto. On the surface it was a down year for Cease but the advanced numbers were great. Jays rotation will be nice next season
STARTING PITCHER MARKET IS HUGE AGAIN
Seriously a man who alternates between good and bad seasons got paid like an ace would 5 years ago
That’s a decent chunk of money there. Huge pickup for the Jays.
Market has kinda been set, let the dominoes fall
And the Padres are now de-ceased
…
…I’ll show myself out
next year is an even year so if you know Cease then you know it should be a good one….right?????
210?????
Jesus that’s a lot, but you gotta do what you gotta do
Starter market is insane, $30M a year for Dylan Cease is bonkers
WTF
I still don’t understand baseball contract scales. Is 30m a year a lot for cease or is that just the going rate for starting pitching now if they hit free agency
I didn’t even know we were in the running for him
God I hate this division
I like this pick up. They want to go back to the series. Good for them.
I heard a lot of negative things about Cease from Padres fans. 7 years seems a bit excessive.
I curse my genetics for not allowing me to be an athletic god
Damn, pitching is expensive. He’s good, but idk about “that” good, and coming off a bad season. He’s really only had one ace level season, and that was four seasons ago. He’s never even made an All Star team.
Skubal really is gonna get a bazillion isn’t he
Thanks for everything Cease, I’ll never forget your no-hitter and Musgrove bromance
If Cease can find some consistency, this is an incredible deal. The problem is the consistency, he can still strike out batters even in a down year – but he also gets hit hard too.
2022 – 2.20 ERA
2023 – 4.58 ERA
2024 – 3.47 ERA
2025 – 4.55 ERA
Gonna be interesting.
Well now, that’s gonna reset some expectations
So Skenes should get at least $~~60~~210M/yr based on this.
Happy for him.
Better be some great disc golf up north.
I’ll take that no hitter to my grave
Some of that has to be deferred, right? 7/210 seems kind of crazy. Either that, or everyone really underestimated the market.
Fun fit. That rotation is going to be scary.
I’ll miss him
He reads very similarly to how Zach Wheeler read before his Phillies contract. Great analytics with uneven results.
I suspect that a lot of teams were looking to make a bargain out of Cease and the Blue Jays simply paid him what they thought he was worth (probably a little over given how quickly he signed).
The stove is very hot right now.
Damn jays making some moves.
This is why you develop your own pitching. Years feel high but it’s age 30-36 for a pitcher with no recent injury history. And 30 million is about the aav for a pitcher like Cease.
This is crazy money for Dylan Cease
Over the past 3 seasons: 98 starts, 534.1 IP, 4.18 ERA, 3.45 FIP, 102 ERA+
I know the guy has shown flashes of brilliance but they have only been flashes. They must really believe that they can maximize him there because this is a contract for future performance not current
I hate this division.
Gausman/Cease/Bieber is legitimately insane.
Jays FO gonna be like…
Skubal rubbing his hands together
The plane has landed!
Gausman, Cease, Yesavage, Bieber, and Berrios make for a fine rotation.
44 comments
HOLY SHIT
MARK AND ROSS COOKING WHILE AMERICAN GMS ARE DISTRACTED BY THANKSGIVING
is that Bichettes money or the Jays all the way in?
That’s a lot of money for Dylan Cease.
Congrats though Jays fans. When he’s on the stuff is nasty. Just needs to find more consistency.
Lots of early action this year.
Good get for them, solidifies the rotation well. Good start to getting back to the WS next year✊
Whether I agree with the contract or not, it’s fantastic to see a team who came up as short as one can try to improve their team. Well done Toronto
Jesus That’s a lot of money for cease
Just kidding he has deferrals in the contract it’s not as crazy as my gut reaction had me feel
I like this for Toronto. On the surface it was a down year for Cease but the advanced numbers were great. Jays rotation will be nice next season
STARTING PITCHER MARKET IS HUGE AGAIN
Seriously a man who alternates between good and bad seasons got paid like an ace would 5 years ago
That’s a decent chunk of money there. Huge pickup for the Jays.
Market has kinda been set, let the dominoes fall
And the Padres are now de-ceased
…
…I’ll show myself out
next year is an even year so if you know Cease then you know it should be a good one….right?????
210?????
Jesus that’s a lot, but you gotta do what you gotta do
Starter market is insane, $30M a year for Dylan Cease is bonkers
WTF
I still don’t understand baseball contract scales. Is 30m a year a lot for cease or is that just the going rate for starting pitching now if they hit free agency
I didn’t even know we were in the running for him
God I hate this division
I like this pick up. They want to go back to the series. Good for them.
I heard a lot of negative things about Cease from Padres fans. 7 years seems a bit excessive.
I curse my genetics for not allowing me to be an athletic god
Damn, pitching is expensive. He’s good, but idk about “that” good, and coming off a bad season. He’s really only had one ace level season, and that was four seasons ago. He’s never even made an All Star team.
Skubal really is gonna get a bazillion isn’t he
Thanks for everything Cease, I’ll never forget your no-hitter and Musgrove bromance
If Cease can find some consistency, this is an incredible deal. The problem is the consistency, he can still strike out batters even in a down year – but he also gets hit hard too.
2022 – 2.20 ERA
2023 – 4.58 ERA
2024 – 3.47 ERA
2025 – 4.55 ERA
Gonna be interesting.
Well now, that’s gonna reset some expectations
So Skenes should get at least $~~60~~210M/yr based on this.
Happy for him.
Better be some great disc golf up north.
I’ll take that no hitter to my grave
Some of that has to be deferred, right? 7/210 seems kind of crazy. Either that, or everyone really underestimated the market.
Fun fit. That rotation is going to be scary.
I’ll miss him
He reads very similarly to how Zach Wheeler read before his Phillies contract. Great analytics with uneven results.
I suspect that a lot of teams were looking to make a bargain out of Cease and the Blue Jays simply paid him what they thought he was worth (probably a little over given how quickly he signed).
The stove is very hot right now.
Damn jays making some moves.
This is why you develop your own pitching. Years feel high but it’s age 30-36 for a pitcher with no recent injury history. And 30 million is about the aav for a pitcher like Cease.
This is crazy money for Dylan Cease
Over the past 3 seasons: 98 starts, 534.1 IP, 4.18 ERA, 3.45 FIP, 102 ERA+
I know the guy has shown flashes of brilliance but they have only been flashes. They must really believe that they can maximize him there because this is a contract for future performance not current
I hate this division.
Gausman/Cease/Bieber is legitimately insane.
Jays FO gonna be like…
Skubal rubbing his hands together
The plane has landed!
Gausman, Cease, Yesavage, Bieber, and Berrios make for a fine rotation.