It has been a wild week of news for Blue Jays fans, as just last week it didn't seem like the team even had a shot at signing baseball's biggest superstar Shohei Ohtani. Now, the team has officially become the odds-on favourite for him to sign with, in what many analysts are marking as the most lucrative free agency deal in all of sports.
It was even rumoured that a sushi restaurant near by has been booked out for tonight, as many have speculated that this will be the location of the celebration of Ohtani's deal.
Some fans are going as far as to track a private jet that has been travelling from Los Angeles to Toronto today, assuming that is the plane with Ohtani on it.
Some have gone even further into the speculation, stating that Rogers, the owner of the Blue Jays, will be dropping the rights to Hockey in order to free up money to give to Ohtani, in a deal reportedly worth half a billion dollars.
This is easily one of the biggest free agent speculations since Kawhii left the Raptors, or even when John Tavares chose to sign in his hometown. It's rumored that there will be an announcement later tonight, so time will tell whether or not the Jays have landed the biggest free agent in recent history.
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POLL | ||
DÉCEMBRE 8 | 113 ANSWERS Canadian Team Officially Odds-On Favourite to Add the Most Talented Athlete in the World Do you think the Jays will land Ohtani? | ||
Yes | 63 | 55.8 % |
No | 50 | 44.2 % |
LIST OF POLLS |
G | A | PTS | ||
Mitch Marner | 2 | - | 2 | |
Logan Cooley | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
William Nylander | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Jack McBain | 1 | - | 1 | |
Dylan Guenther | - | 1 | 1 | |
Michael Kesselring | - | 1 | 1 | |
Fraser Minten | - | 1 | 1 | |
Mikhail Sergachev | - | 1 | 1 | |
Chris Tanev | - | 1 | 1 | |
John Tavares | - | 1 | 1 | |
Simon Benoit | - | - | - | |
Nick Bjugstad | - | - | - | |
Michael Carcone | - | - | - | |
Ian Cole | - | - | - | |
Lawson Crouse | - | - | - | |
Connor Dewar | - | - | - | |
Oliver Ekman-Larsson | - | - | - | |
Nikita Grebenkin | - | - | - | |
Barrett Hayton | - | - | - | |
Pontus Holmberg | - | - | - | |
Complete stats |
STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 21 | 17 | 4 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | |
Devils | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 30 | |
Hurricanes | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | |
Golden Knights | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 | |
Flames | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 19 | 13 | 6 | - | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
Conference | Cumulative |