The Toronto Blue Jays will select eighth overall at this year’s MLB Draft. Although the club finished with the sixth-worst record in the Major Leagues last year, some bad lottery luck saw them drop two spots to eighth overall.
Anthony Santander’s first day as a visitor ended with a painful loss. Even though he was welcomed warmly by the Camden Yards crowd and hit his first home run with the Toronto Blue Jays, his old team, the Orioles, beat his new one, 5-4, on Saturday.
Heston Kjerstad and Adley Rutschman homered to help the Baltimore Orioles rally for a 5-4 win against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon in the opener of a rain-shortened two-game series.
After missing out on Roki Sasaki, the Toronto Blue Jays pivoted to signing former Baltimore Orioles All-Star Anthony Santander to a five-year, $92.5 million contract.
The Toronto Blue Jays have gotten off to an impressive start in the opening week of the 2025 season, going 5-2 and averaging 4.5 runs per game. A team approach has served the offense well in the early going, with several contributors pitching in with clutch hits in timely moments.
The Blue Jays brought in Anthony Santander to provide desperately needed power. So far, he’s got exactly zero extra-base hits in six games and a .443 OPS.
The Blue Jays finished last in the AL East last season, marking the first time in the decade Toronto failed to finish above .500. With a pivotal 2025 ahead, the Blue Jays were relatively active this winter.
The Baltimore Orioles are going to be doing a lot of traveling at the start of the 2025 regular season. They will begin the campaign on the road for four games against the Toronto Blue Jays, wasting no time in facing off against their former All-Star right fielder, Anthony Santander.
The Blue Jays and catcher Alejandro Kirk are in agreement on a five-year extension worth $58MM, according to a report from Robert Murray of FanSided. The deal includes a signing bonus and no club options according to Murray.
The Baltimore Orioles knew they had their work cut out for them entering the offseason with the amount of talent that was hitting the free agent market.
Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider made some interesting comments about Anthony Santander in a recent interview stating that he used to want to punch him when he played for the Baltimore Orioles.
With the start of the regular season right around the corner for the Baltimore Orioles, their offseason will certainly be looked at if the team struggles
Anthony Santander is a Toronto Blue Jay. On Thursday afternoon, Santander was asked by The Baltimore Sun’s Jacob Calvin Meyer if there was any chance that the outfielder would sign the three-year deal the Baltimore Orioles offered.
It remains to be seen how he produces north of the border, but the Toronto Blue Jays successfully acquired a star when they signed Anthony Santander last month.
The Angels reportedly showed interest in Anthony Santander on a potential three- or four-year deal.
The Royals have been searching for a middle-of-the-order bat throughout the offseason. Anthony Santander was evidently one such target.
After spending eight seasons as a member of the Baltimore Orioles, switch-hitting outfielder Anthony Santander signed a five-year, $92.5 million contract with the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Blue Jays finalized their five-year free agent deal with Anthony Santander this week. The deal came with a $92.5M guarantee but was known to include heavy deferrals.
Alonso remains a free agent as spring training approaches.
The Toronto Blue Jays got their man, inking switch-hitting outfielder Anthony Santander to a five-year deal. Santander will receive a guaranteed $92.5 million with an opt-out after year three, but the team can void his opt-out by exercising a club option for a sixth season, per The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal.
The Toronto Blue Jays have added one of the top sluggers in baseball to their lineup. Veteran outfielder Anthony Santander agreed to a deal with the Blue Jays on Monday, according ESPN’s Jeff Passan.
The Toronto Blue Jays finally found someone willing to take their money.
The Blue Jays have a lot of work to do if they are going to contend in 2025. Their pursuit of Anthony Santander and Pete Alonso shows that the Blue Jays are not shying away from the top of the free-agent market despite past failures.
The Blue Jays have been tied to Anthony Santander as much as any team in recent weeks. While there’s still no agreement in place, Shi Davidi and Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet report that the Jays’ talks with the free-agent slugger “picked up” on Friday.
It seemed apparent that the outfield was the most significant need for the Royals this offseason. Yet, they've done nothing. Santander could help.
The Toronto Blue Jays are still in negotiations with free-agent outfielder Anthony Santander, and it looks like things have are getting closer to closing a deal.
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