Former Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman listed his Toronto home this week, asking $6,885,000 for the Lawrence Park property.

So much for the reunion theory. The rumours had legs for months, and a For Sale sign tends to end that conversation in a hurry.

Gausman bought the place in March 2022 for $7.65 million. That was four months after he signed with Toronto in December 2021.

The math isn't kind. At the current asking price, he's estimated to lose just under a million on the house.

He lived there for four and a half years. Listing it is the real-estate version of cleaning out your locker and finally taking the nameplate off the shelf.

The six-bedroom home sits in Lytton Park, one of the city's most affluent pockets. It comes with a chef's kitchen, a heated driveway, and a spa-like five-piece ensuite off the primary bedroom.

Brett Bateman and Ty Southisene headline the Blue Jays' return

None of this happens without the deadline. The Blue Jays dealt Gausman to the Chicago Cubs at the 2026 trade deadline for outfielder Brett Bateman and infield prospect Ty Southisene.

The veteran was in the final season of a five-year, $110 million contract. Toronto chose future pieces over the risk of watching him walk in free agency.

It was the right call. A 79-82 club with a -44 run differential has no business sitting on a rental and hoping.

But right calls can still sting. He was adamant he didn't want to be moved.

Even on his way out, he didn't burn a single bridge. He still thought of himself as a Blue Jay and called signing in Toronto the best decision he had ever made.

How often does a player say that after his team ships him out? Not often, and it explains why so many fans kept clinging to the idea of a return.

He landed with a Cubs team that went 89-73 under Craig Counsell, backed by a +145 run differential.

Toronto settled for fourth place in the AL East. John Schneider's staff spent the rest of the season without the veteran who'd anchored the rotation for years.

Now the spotlight shifts to Bateman and Southisene. If neither one sticks, the Gausman deal will look a lot worse in hindsight than it did at the deadline.

And the house? It'll sell eventually. Whether Toronto ever lands another starter who loves the city enough to put down roots like this is a much harder question.