No, but Blue Jays opt for the $500,000 buyout making Joey Bats a free agent once again.
This will conclude Bautista’s tenure as one of the most feared power hitters to ever suit up for the Blue Jays. The 2018 version of the Jays look to get younger and more athletic and although Bautista has remained healthy this season, he has underperformed offensively and that near twenty million could be better spent to improve the team.
On Sunday (September 24, 2023), Blue Jays fans bid farewell to the franchise icon in what was likely his final game in a Jays uniform after 10 seasons in Toronto. Bautista’s path to reach the majors may have been fairly orthodox, but everything that followed afterward was anything but.
Here are 13 things that had to happen for Jose Bautista to become a superstar from Sportingnews.com.
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