Varsho signs with Toronto for 2025

The Toronto Blue Jays are avoiding salary arbitration with
outfielder Daulton Varsho of Marshfield by signing Daulton to
a one-year contract for 2025 worth $8,200,000.  Daulton
earned the American League Gold Glove Award in centerfield
this season, with his fine defensive play, which included
five outfield assists and 28 defensive runs saved.  Since the
start of the 2022 season, Daulton has compiled 72 defensive
runs saved, and no other major league player, regardless of
position, has compiled more than 60.  At the plate in 2024,
Daulton hit .214, with 18 home runs and 58 rbis.  He suffered
a rotator cuff injury in September and underwent surgery, and
Daulton may miss the start of the 2025 regular season.