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Jaime Garcia agrees to $10 million deal with Blue Jays

Jaime Garcia agrees to $10 million deal with Blue Jays | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 18, 2017 file photo, New York Yankees starting pitcher Jaime Garcia delivers during the second inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in New York. Left-hander Jaime Garcia and the Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to a $10 million, one-year contract that includes a 2019 team option. Garcia gets $8 million this year as part of the deal announced Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

DUNEDIN, Fla. – Left-hander Jaime Garcia and the Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to a $10 million, one-year contract that includes a 2019 team option.

Garcia gets $8 million this year as part of the deal announced Thursday and Toronto has a $10 million option with a $2 million buyout. He can earn an additional $2 million annually in performance bonuses based on innings and would get the full amount at 180.

The 31-year-old had a $12 million salary last season, when he went 5-10 with a 4.41 ERA in 27 starts for Atlanta, Minnesota and the New York Yankees.

Garcia is 67-55 in his big league career with a 3.69 ERA in 185 games.

Toronto entered spring training with some uncertainty at the fifth starter spot behind Aaron Sanchez, Marcus Stroman, Marco Estrada and J.A. Happ.

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