Max Scherzer’s 8-year-old daughter wanted her father back with the Blue Jays so much she wrote a letter to the team in December expressing her hope for his return to Toronto.

Veteran Max Scherzer is rejoining the Toronto Blue Jays on a one-year, $3 million deal, multiple outlets reported early Thursday.

Just after midnight on the East Coast, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reported that the Blue Jays had re-signed Max Scherzer, brining back one of the key arms to their World Series run.