Blue Jays' rivals intensify arms race as Red Sox make first major offseason signing

"It's the first major free agent signing of the season for the Red Sox, who have spent most of the winter making trades to address their pitching staff. Blue Jays' rivals intensify arms race as Red Sox make first major offseason signing ESPN reporter Jeff Passan further confirmed the news and wrote, "The Red Sox's first signing of the winter is a big one -- $130 million for Ranger Suárez -- and gives them a ton of rotation depth with Garrett Crochet, Sonny Gray, Brayan Bello and others. Boston now will turn to adding another bat to its lineup, but that rotation is excellent.""

"The addition of Suárez brings in another top arm to the AL East. The Red Sox kicked things off in a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals that netted them Gray. The Toronto Blue Jays then signed Dylan Cease and Tyler Rogers. The Baltimore Orioles brought in Ryan Helsley and Zach Eflin while getting Shane Baz off the Tampa Bay Rays. And the Yankees brought in a young lefty with tons of upside in Ryan Weathers. All of this in addition to the fact that the AL East was already home to Kevin Gausman, Shane Bieber,"

A couple of days after failing to re-sign Alex Bregman, the Boston Red Sox signed left-hander Ranger Suárez to a $130 million contract to bolster their rotation. The move is Boston's first major free-agent signing after a winter largely devoted to pitching trades. Suárez joins a rotation that already includes Garrett Crochet, Sonny Gray and Brayan Bello, and follows trades that brought Gray to Boston. Rival AL East clubs also added arms, with Toronto signing Dylan Cease and Tyler Rogers, Baltimore acquiring Ryan Helsley and Zach Eflin, and New York adding Ryan Weathers. The cumulative additions have intensified an arms race for starting pitching in the division.

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