Blue Jays sign ex-Mets, Giants reliever with funky delivery to $37 million contract

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The Toronto Blue Jays have been busy this winter. They've been linked to Kyle Tucker, Cody Bellinger, Alex Bregman, and Bo Bichette, among plenty of lineup options, and have already dipped their toes into the pitching market.

Toronto added Dylan Cease on a seven-year, $210 million contract, and also signed Cody Ponce to a $30 million three-year deal. It's been a pitching-focused offseason thus far, and it's only continued to build with their latest move.

According to ESPN insider Jeff Passan, the Blue Jays are signing former New York Mets and San Francisco Giants reliever Tyler Rogers. The righty with a funky submarine delivery is coming up North to Toronto.

Blue Jays sign ex-Mets, Giants reliever to $37 million deal

"Right-handed reliever Tyler Rogers and the Toronto Blue Jays are in agreement on a three-year, $37 million contract with a fourth-year vesting option, a source tells ESPN," Passan reported.

This is a huge move for the Blue Jays. While the additions of Ponce and Cease will help the rotation, the bullpen was in dire need of improvement this winter.

Rogers was being strongly pursued by the Mets this winter, and just like how the Los Angeles Dodgers stole Edwin Diaz from the Mets, the Blue Jays stole Rogers from New York as well.

Rogers is 34 years old and will be 35 at the start of the 2026 season. He's going to be in his eighth season, and he's coming off an incredible year with the Mets and Giants.

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Between the two clubs, Rogers appeared in an MLB-best 81 games and finished with an impressive 1.98 ERA across 77.1 innings with 48 strikeouts, four home runs allowed, and just seven walks.

While he might not be the strikeout artist that some other relievers are, his funky, submarine delivery makes hitting his pitches hard difficult.

Rogers is a quality reliever option, and the Blue Jays needed another back-end reliever to complement Louis Varland and Jeff Hoffman.

Now, the Blue Jays have a revitalized bullpen with Rogers in the fold, as Rogers will now get to play at the Rogers Centre for Blue Jays fans as they pursue a return trip to the World Series.

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