Did the Toronto Blue Jays' Anthony Santander signing clear the path for the New York Mets to reunite with a franchise icon?

During his eight years with Baltimore, Anthony Santander played under two regimes, endured a painful rebuild and saw the ballclub sold. Throughout it all, Santander became one of baseball’s best power hitters, made an All-Star Game and earned the lucrative contract he received Monday. Santander, a fan-favorite, has officially played his final game in an Orioles uniform. The Toronto Blue Jays ...

The Toronto Blue Jays had to do something. After futile runs at multiple top free agents — Juan Soto, Corbin Burnes and Roki Sasaki all spurned Canada’s team this winter — the Jays found themselves in a position of desperation. Their roster, though capable of competing in 2025, remained incomplete and undermanned, particularly on offense. And with two of the club’s franchise cornerstones, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette, just a year from free agency, the future was growing increasingly hazy. The pressure, for this franchise without a postseason win since 2016, had reached a fever pitch.

Daulton Varsho has given the jersey No. 25 to the Toronto Blue Jays' recent free agent signing, Anthony Santander, picking No. 5 as his replacement.

The Toronto Blue Jays have taken a lot of heat over the course of this offseason for failing to make a big move. Toronto missed out on big targets such as Roki Sasaki and Tanner Scott. Despite striking out on most of the top pitchers this offseason, the Blue Jays turned their attention to the