Anthony Santander joined the Toronto Blue Jays on a five-year deal this offseason after rejecting an offer from the Baltimore Orioles that he said wasn't even close.

After the Blue Jays signed Anthony Santander in free agency, Santander claims the contract offer from the Orioles wasn't close to the Jays'.

The outfielder signed a five-year, $92.5 million contract with the Blue Jays that includes a sixth-year option that could raise the total value to $110 million.

The Orioles brought a lineup without a single player who regularly shared the field with Anthony Santander to TD Ballpark on Thursday. Without traffic, it’s an 80-minute drive from Sarasota to Dunedin,

Anthony Santander is a Toronto Blue Jay. On Thursday afternoon, Santander was asked by The Baltimore Sun’s Jacob Calvin Meyer if there was any chance that the outfielder would sign the three-year deal the Baltimore Orioles offered.

Toronto Blue Jays slugger Anthony Santander said he and the Baltimore Orioles never came close to a reunion in free agency. "Nah, zero chance," Santander said when asked if accepting the three-year deal they offered him was ever a real possibility,

The Baltimore Orioles lost one of their veteran sluggers this offseason, and he made it clear there was "zero chance" he would have accepted their offer as is.