July 3, 2020 Blue Jays granted exemption to train in Toronto All 30 Major League Baseball teams will train at their regular-season ballparks for the pandemic-shortened season after the Toronto Blue Jays received a Canadian federal government exemption on Thursday to work out at Rogers Centre.
June 30, 2020 Jays players headed to Florida, continue talks to play in TO The Blue Jays are moving players to their spring training facility in Florida while they await word from the Canadian government about playing in Toronto amid the coronavirus pandemic.
June 24, 2020 Canada open to MLB in Toronto but MLB has not submitted plan The Canadian government is open to Major League Baseball playing in Toronto this summer, but the league has not submitted the required plan to health authorities, Canadian officials said Tuesday.
June 9, 2020 A plethora for playoffs: MLB proposes up to 16 teams advance Maybe this might get Mike Trout back into the playoffs.
April 16, 2020 Former Blue Jays infielder Dámaso García, dead at 63 Former Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Dámaso García, a two-time All-Star in the mid-1980s, died Wednesday in his native Dominican Republic. He was 63.
April 16, 2020 MLB pitcher Roy Halladay had drugs in system, was doing stunts at time of fatal plane crash: NTSB Hall of Fame MLB pitcher Roy Halladay was doing acrobatics in his plane and had a dangerous mix of drugs in his system when the aircraft crashed into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida in 2017, killing him, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday.
April 14, 2020 World Series MVP Steve Pearce announces his retirement after 13 seasons Steve Pearce, who was the 2018 World Series MVP as a member of the Boston Red Sox, announced his retirement from the majors on Tuesday after 13 years in the bigs.
March 25, 2020 Blue Jays GM Atkins pitches idea of 7-inning doubleheaders Seven-inning doubleheaders could be a way for big league teams to squeeze more games into a condensed season without exhausting pitching staffs, Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins suggests.
March 23, 2020 MLB might need 4 weeks for second spring training before opening day, Blue Jays president says Major League Baseball may need four weeks of a second spring training before regular-season play begins, Toronto Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro said Saturday.
March 20, 2020 Mets' Marcus Stroman recruits MLB stars for Team USA's 2021 World Baseball Classic run The next World Baseball Classic is set to take place in 2021 and New York Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman is looking to get a “Dream Team” of players together to play for the U.S.