Chad Green is heading to the Blue Jays on a two-year deal, a source tells MLB.com’s Keegan Matheson. Sportsnet’s Shi Davidi reports the deal is for $8.5 million, with options for 2025 and ’26.

Toronto has not confirmed the deal — although Green’s agency posted a tweet about it — which is notably structured to accommodate Green’s timeline for a return from Tommy John surgery, which he had in early June of last season.

The right-hander, who turns 32 in May, was having another solid campaign before he departed the Yankees’ May 19 loss to the Orioles with forearm discomfort. The unfortunate surgery prognosis was made public a few days later. He finished the year with a 3.00 ERA in 15 innings pitched.

An 11th-round Draft pick of the Tigers in 2013, Green was traded to the Yankees two years later and made his MLB debut in ‘16. By the following season, he had become a critical member of a bullpen that ranked third during the regular season with a 2.97 ERA and came within one game of advancing to the World Series. Leaning heavily on his high-90s four-seamer, Green ended with a 1.83 ERA, a 0.74 WHIP and 103 strikeouts in 69 innings. His 40.7% K rate was the fourth best among hurlers with at least 60 innings under their belt.

Green didn’t miss quite as many bats in 2018, but he was still plenty effective as he registered a 2.50 ERA and a career-low 5.0% walk rate across 75 2/3 frames. Although his ERA rose further in future seasons, Green’s overall totals from 2019-2021 are by no means an eyesore: 3.58 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 11.6 K/9 rate, and a 25.7 strikeout-minus-walk rate that ranked fifth among all relievers (minimum 150 innings).

Green is one of only six bullpen arms who threw at least 300 innings from 2017-21. His one clear problem during that period was a proclivity to allow loud contact. Among the 29 relievers who surpassed 250 innings during that five-season span, Green’s 42.1% hard-hit rate was the third highest.

That rate climbed to 45.0% last year while Green struck out a career-low 25.8% of the batters he faced. A significant drop in fastball velocity may have been to blame for that K rate as well as an ominous sign that something wasn’t right with Green’s arm.

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