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New Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Anthony Santander +3000 to lead MLB in Home Runs

New Toronto Blue Jays slugger Anthony Santander is +3000 to lead the MLB in home runs in 2025.

The Blue Jays reached a deal with switch-hitting outfielder Anthony Santander for five years and more than $90 million, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan.

Santander, formerly of the Baltimore Orioles, will slot into the top of the Jays’ lineup alongside Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette this upcoming season.

The 30-year-old is coming off a career season in which he hit 44 home runs, third in the MLB behind AL and NL MVP winners Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani. Santander also recorded career-highs in RBI (102), total bases (301) and OPS (.814) in 2024, not including the COVID-shortened 2020 season.

He was also named an All-Star and Silver Slugger for the first time and finished 13th in AL MVP voting.

Heading into 2025, his +3000 odds to lead the league in home runs are eighth-shortest in the MLB behind Judge (+400), Ohtani (+700), Kyle Schwarber (+1100), Pete Alonso (+1800), Matt Olson (+2200), Brent Rooker (+2800), and Juan Soto (+2800).

Santander joins a Toronto team that has underperformed expectations in recent seasons. After back-to-back postseason appearances in 2022 and 2023, both of which ended with Wild Card round sweeps, the Blue Jays went 74-88 and finished last in the AL East in 2024.

Santander has reached the playoffs in each of the past two seasons with Baltimore, hitting .211 with a home run across 21 plate appearances. The Orioles went 0-5 and were swept out of the postseason on both occasions.

Now with the Blue Jays (+1700 to win AL East), Santander remains in the division he knows best, but there is work to be done with the World Series runners-up New York Yankees the clear frontrunners in the division.

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Odds displayed within this article were correct at the time of writing and are subject to change.

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