Yankees insider makes it clear why fans should be extra scared of Blue Jays' rise

The Toronto Blue Jays have suddenly graduated into the top tier of the baseball world. For years they have been owned by a telecommunications giant that had been reluctant of pushing their chips in too much with Canada's only team.

However, there has been a change of heart from the top down and all of a sudden the Blue Jays are a team that should scare their division rivals, including the New York Yankees.

Yankees insider makes it clear why fans should be extra scared of Blue Jays' rise

As the 2025 Winter Meetings begin in Orlando, Florida, the Blue Jays brass can show up with some swagger having already set the pace this winter in the free agent market. They signed Dylan Cease to a deal that went north of $200 million - while taking a page out of another big spenders book, the LA Dodgers, and loaded that deal with deferral's and incentives.

They also brought in an attractive commodity from overseas, getting KBO pitcher Cody Ponce who had a breakout season, and signed him to a modest $30 million deal over three years. The Blue Jays already had a full rotation of quality individuals and adding Ponce to the mix only makes them deeper.

With those two moves already checked off their shopping list, the Blue Jays are now focusing on getting that big offensive upgrade and they aren't shy about the fact that everyone else knows, that upgrade is a player who is at the very top of the market. Kyle Tucker recently visited the Blue Jays Spring Training complex in Dunedin, Florida while the Yankees have extended no such offer to the left-handed hitting outfielder.

Tucker's asking price is also expected to eclipse $350 million, maybe even reach $400, and that doesn't seem to be scaring away the Blue Jays, something the Yankees are not used to. As insider Bobby Milone said in a recent article, "What should scare the fan base further is that the Blue Jays, owned by another Goliath (Rogers Communications) that could buy and sell the Steinbrenners multiple times over, have been trying for several years now to spend big."

The Blue Jays didn't get Shohei Ohtani or Juan Soto but they tried. Clearly trying isn't enough in MLB but it at least opens the doors for the possibility of a future big addition. That future may be now for the Blue Jays. Cease signed on the dotted line and the Blue Jays don't seem to be done with big money contracts yet. Some have said they only have room to add Tucker or Bo Bichette, their home grown star shortstop, but not both.

But the fact that the Blue Jays aren't going to get outbid for either one means that Toronto has finally entered a new era, and era where they aren't just invited to play at the big table, but they have the most chips to push in, and the Yankees are the ones who could be caught folding.