José Bautista signed a one-day contract to retire with the Blue Jays, the team announced on Friday.
Bautista, 42, signed the one-day contract ahead of him being inducted to the Blue Jays’ Level of Excellence, which honors the franchise’s most impactful players.
“There aren’t many names as synonymous with Blue Jays baseball as José Bautista, and it is our great honor that he will officially retire in a Blue Jays jersey,” Blue Jays President and CEO Mark Shapiro said in a statement on Friday. “… Thank you, José, for a mesmerizing decade representing the Toronto Blue Jays.”
