The Toronto Blue Jays and free agent outfielder Anthony Santander have agreed to a five-year deal that is worth more than $90 million, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Monday.
The switch-hitting Santander, 30, hit .235 for the Baltimore Orioles in 2024 but set career highs with 44 home runs, 102 RBIs and 91 runs scored in 155 games last year while making the American League All-Star team for the first time.
He was the majors’ first switch-hitter to reach 40 homers since 2006. He became the fourth switch-hitter to hit at least 44 homers in a season, joining Mickey Mantle (twice), Lance Berkman and Chipper Jones.
Santander will join a lineup that features Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette.
Santander spent his first eight MLB seasons with the Orioles, hitting 155 home runs with a .246 batting average.
The Venezuelan slugger signed with Cleveland as an international free agent in July 2011. He was selected by Baltimore in the Rule 5 draft in December 2016.
MLB Network first reported Santander had reached an agreement with the Blue Jays.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.