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Blue Jays will play home games in Florida to start 2021 regular season
The COVID-19 pandemic will force the Jays to relocate again, this time to their spring training site
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By Dayn Perry
& Matt Snyder
Feb 18, 2021 at 10:47 am ET1 min read
One season after playing their home games in Buffalo, New York, the Toronto Blue Jays will call Dunedin, Florida home for at least the start of the 2021 regular season. That's because the still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and Canadian border restrictions will not allow the Blue Jays to hold games in Toronto.
The club released a statement on Thursday:
"Like all Canadians, we had hoped to see improvements in the public health outlook as we neared the baseball season," the club said in a statement. "With the ongoing Canada-US border closure, the Blue Jays have made the difficult decision to play the first two homestands of the 2021 regular season (through May 2) at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Fla., with the hopes of a return to play at Rogers Centre as soon as possible."
The bottom line is that so far, we know the Jays are going to host home series against the Angels, Yankees, Nationals, and Braves through May 2. That's the minimum, as it's possible they continue playing there. But the Jays are hoping to return home after that Braves series. At that point, they will make a determination on the next set of near-term home games and whether they can return to Rogers Centre.
