Dylan Cease finally picked a hat, and it’s not brown and gold.
According to multiple reports, the former San Diego Padres right-hander is heading to the Toronto Blue Jays on a seven-year, $210 million contract, a $30 million AAV monster that comes with — because of course it does — deferred money built in.
It’s the first true mega-pitcher deal of the offseason, it fits perfectly for a Blue Jays team fresh off a World Series loss to the Dodgers and desperate to finish the job, and it tells you something pretty simple about the Padres:
They were never going to live in this neighborhood.