"For a third straight offseason the Toronto Blue Jays were right at the finish line for a top free agent star, only for that player to go to the Los Angeles Dodgers. It happened with Shohei Ohtani, it happened with Roki Sasaki and now it's happened with Kyle Tucker. And maybe, the most disappointing part about all of this is the fact that in Tuckers case, he may have actually preferred Toronto, but money has a funny way of swaying people's minds."
"When he signed, his agent text me and he said, 'Kyle really wanted to go to Toronto. The Jays offered him ten years for $350 million, but they (Tucker) needed a little bit more based on his market and comparables and Toronto just wasn't willing to do more than $35 (million) a year.' Merrifield then admits that everyone has different values for every individual player and that the Toronto deal of $350 million was an incredible offer,"
The Toronto Blue Jays were close to signing top free agents Shohei Ohtani, Roki Sasaki, and Kyle Tucker, but each player ultimately signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers. People in Tucker's camp agreed to give the Blue Jays exclusive rights to announce a signing if Tucker had chosen Toronto. Tucker preferred to play in Toronto but required a higher annual value than the Blue Jays offered. The Blue Jays proposed ten years for $350 million (about $35 million per year). The Dodgers countered with a four-year, $240 million contract (about $60 million per year), which Tucker accepted.
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