Blue Jays Anthony Santander splash includes a lot of deferred money

The Dodgers aren’t the only MLB team using deferred money to bring in big stars this offseason. The Blue Jays’ five-year, $92.5 million deal with slugger Anthony Santander includes $61.75 million in deferred money, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed Thursday.The deferred money brings the present-day, by player’s union’s calculation, down to $68.6 million.Santander’s deal comes after the reigning World Series champions doled out hundreds of millions of dollars in deferred compensation to sign Blake Snell, Teoscar Hernandez and Tanner Scott, among others, bringing their full deferred money ledger to over $1 billion. Last offseason, the Dodgers deferred $680 million of Shohei Ohtani’s then-record $700 million free-agent deal.Mookie Betts signed a 12-year, $365 million deal in 2020 with the Dodgers that included $115 million in deferrals. Freddie Freeman and Will Smith are owed more than $100 million combined in deferred compensation.Santander follows Corbin Burnes, whose $210 million deal with the Diamondbacks includes $64 million in deferrals, as non-Dodgers to push their full contracts into future years this offseason. The 30-year-old outfielder crosses the Canadian border after eight seasons with the Orioles.In 2024, Santander had a career-year, blasting a career-high 44 home runs with 102 RBIs while hitting .235 with an .814 OPS.The signing comes after the Blue Jays tried and failed to sign Juan Soto, who signed a 15-year, $765 million contract with the Mets, and lost the Roki Sasaki sweepstakes after the Japanese star chose the Dodgers. Toronto is also rumored to be one of the top destinations for Pete Alonso if he were to leave Queens....