The Toronto Blue Jays reportedly made a very competitive offer to the 10-year, $700 million offer that ultimately drew Shohei Ohtani to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
As rumors ramped up over where Ohtani would land in free agency, the Blue Jays were one of the teams very much in the mix. Per Sportsnet's Ben Nicholson-Smith, the Blue Jays had a lofty deal prepared for Ohtani.
"As for how close the Blue Jays came to landing Ohtani, that's a question only the two-time MVP himself can really answer, but sources familiar with the negotiation say the Blue Jays' best offer was in the same financial ballpark as the Dodgers," Nicholson-Smith wrote.