Jeff Hoffman is returning to the team that drafted him. Hoffman has rejoined the Toronto Blue Jays on a three-year contract worth $33 million, the team announced Friday night. There had been rumblings Hoffman would look for opportunities to start next season,

In the end, the Phillies and Blue Jays wound up swapping free-agent closer candidates. One month after Jordan Romano came to Philadelphia on a one-year, $8.5 million contract, his former team brought Jeff Hoffman to Toronto for three years and $33 million,

All-star reliever Jeff Hoffman and the Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to a $33 million US, three-year contract. The team announced the deal Friday night, two days after Hoffman's 32nd birthday.