The Dodgers aren’t the one MLB workforce utilizing deferred cash to usher in large stars this offseason.
The Blue Jays’ five-year, $92.5 million cope with slugger Anthony Santander contains $61.75 million in deferred cash, The Put up’s Jon Heyman confirmed Thursday.
The deferred cash brings the present-day, by participant’s union’s calculation, right down to $68.6 million.
Santander’s deal comes after the reigning World Collection champions doled out a whole bunch of tens of millions of {dollars} in deferred compensation to signal Blake Snell, Teoscar Hernandez and Tanner Scott, amongst others, bringing their full deferred cash ledger to over $1 billion.
Final offseason, the Dodgers deferred $680 million of Shohei Ohtani’s then-record $700 million free-agent deal.
Mookie Betts signed a 12-year, $365 million deal in 2020 with the Dodgers that included $115 million in deferrals.
Freddie Freeman and Will Smith are owed greater than $100 million mixed in deferred compensation.
Santander follows Corbin Burnes, whose $210 million cope with the Diamondbacks contains $64 million in deferrals, as non-Dodgers to push their full contracts into future years this offseason.
The 30-year-old outfielder crosses the Canadian border after eight seasons with the Orioles.
In 2024, Santander had a career-year, blasting a career-high 44 residence runs with 102 RBIs whereas hitting .235 with an .814 OPS.
The signing comes after the Blue Jays tried and did not signal Juan Soto, who signed a 15-year, $765 million contract with the Mets, and misplaced the Roki Sasaki sweepstakes after the Japanese star selected the Dodgers.
Toronto can be rumored to be one of many prime locations for Pete Alonso if he had been to depart Queens.
