Toronto Blue Jays do not have a free contract with Michael Brantley, the source said

While the Toronto Blue Jays remain among the teams interested in free agent Michael Brantley, they have not reached an agreement, a source familiar with ESPN said.

ESPN reported earlier that Blue Jays and Brantley had signed a deal with him to join former Houston Astros teammate George Springer, who on Tuesday agreed a six-year, $ 150 million contract with Toronto. sources confirmed.

The demand for Brantley (33) is still strong due to its high contact percentage, low elimination ratio and polish. In 46 games with the Astros in 2020, alternating between left field and DH, Brantley beat. 300, with five homers, 22 RBIs and an OPS of .840.

He has hit at least 0.300 in five seasons since 2014, and he combined with four others for most of those seasons in baseball at that time. He also passed in only 10.1% of his record appearances since 2014, the third best in baseball at that time, with a minimum of 2,000 record appearances.

Injuries have plagued Brantley over his 12-year career with the Cleveland Indians and Astros, in which Brantley has a .297 average, with 114 homers, 640 RBIs and a .794 OPS. He has been an All-Star four times already, and in 2014 he finished third in the MVP poll.

Brantley played on a two-year, $ 32 million contract he signed before the 2019 season.

ESPN Statistics and information contributed to this report.