Chad Green has a new team.
The right-handed reliever has signed with the Toronto Blue Jays, Michael Marino of Fantrax reports. It is a two-year, $8.5 million deal.
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The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reports: Second year is conditional player option that Green can exercise if Jays decline 3-year club option. If both decline, Jays get 2-year club option at higher AAV.
Green is rehabilitating from Tommy John surgery last June. Structure of contract will force Jays to make early decision on him and give Green ability to exercise second guaranteed year if team does not exercise three-year option. He has passed his physical.
Green has been with the New York Yankees for the past seven years but his 2022 season was cut short as he underwent Tommy John surgery. In 2021 for the Yankees, Green posted a 3.12 ERA with six saves across 83 2/3 innings pitched.
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The Blue Jays finished the 2022 season with a 92-70 record in second place in the American League East, seven wins behind the Yankees.
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