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J.A. Happ to Toronto

It may not have been a Black Friday bargain, but for the second straight year, the Blue Jays have signed away the Pirates’ most coveted outgoing free agent:

.@BlueJays have signed LHP J.A. Happ to a 3-year deal worth $36 million (US). Welcome back, J.A.! pic.twitter.com/zAfaBSBgtZ

— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) November 28, 2015

No, this isn’t quite as big of a deal as Russell Martin leaving, but it’s more surprising. I wouldn’t quite say I assumed Happ would re-sign with the Pirates, but I figured it was fairly likely.