The BB9 Captain era is officially over. According to multiple reports, Brandon Belt’s tenure with the San Francisco Giants is over, as the first baseman signed a one-year, $9.3 million deal with the Toronto Blue Jays.
The news was first reported by Susan Slusser of The San Francisco Chronicle, who noted that the Giants were talking with Belt but that the “Blue Jays moved faster.” Belt has reportedly already passed his physical, and is feeling fully recovered from knee surgery.
Giants had spoken to Belt but the Blue Jays moved faster to get something done.