Toronto Blue Jays official 10 year offer to Kyle Tucker revealed

Reports Saturday said Toronto put ten years and $350 million on the table, yet Tucker chose the Los Angeles Dodgers. He agreed to four years and $240 million, with opt outs built in after 2027 and 2028.

That Jays offer works out to a $35 million average, and it would have reset the franchise's free agent record. Instead, the Dodgers went for the high wire $60 million annual value, betting Tucker can be elite while he is still 29.

It also adds another chapter to the same story, Toronto swings big, Los Angeles closes the deal. After missing on Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and Roki Sasaki, seeing Tucker pick Hollywood feels like salt in an old cut.

I respect the aggression from the Blue Jays , but I am tired of moral victories in January. Tucker's camp clearly valued flexibility, and a chance to re enter free agency before his mid thirties.

The miss matters because the outfield is about to churn, George Springer and Daulton Varsho hit free agency next winter. Toronto is betting Kazuma Okamoto and Andres Gimenez keep the infield steady, while Anthony Santander rebounds and Addison Barger fills a corner.

Financially, the club is already living above the top luxury tax line, with RosterResource listing a $310.6 million figure against a $304 million ceiling. That makes any pivot to Cody Bellinger, or another big bat, a choice that also drags draft penalties and real cash charges behind it.

Last season he walked 87 times and struck out 88, the kind of on base skill the Jays lineup still lacks. Even without him, Toronto has to find that patient left handed thump somewhere, because Guerrero cannot do everything alone.

My read is Toronto did the right thing by offering length, yet the front office still needs a Plan A that players actually pick.

The Blue Jays were the only team to offer Tucker what he was looking for, a long term deal with a total value close to $400 million but unfortunately that was not enough to compete with $60 million a year from the Dodgers.