Jays sign BJ Ryan, 5 years/47 m

[rwperu34]

Lights out for the past two years. Way better than average the year before that. Clearly the best "young" reliever on the market.

I don't mind the $, but I think 5 years is too long. If things go awry in Toronto, they will have a very hard time dealing that contract. I would have prefered 3 years and $30M.

Also, note the trend here. A lot of potential "bad" contracts. This is the most money ever awarded a reliever, and BJ Ryan is nowhere near the lock that Mariano Rivera was when he signed his contract. Look at the Cubs deals as well. Seems to me like a few teams have some extra money to shell out, and they are not necessarily doing it responsibly.