DUNEDIN, Florida – The Toronto Blue Jays will be playing their third homestand of the season at their Spring Training Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Toronto announced on February 18 that its first two home countries would be at TD Ballpark, and on Tuesday they added 10 games against Philadelphia, Boston and Tampa Bay from May 14-24.
So far, 22 of 81 home games have been moved from the Rogers Center to Florida. Toronto hopes to return home sometime in 2021.
Another possible home game location is Sahlen Field, home of the team’s Buffalo Bisons Triple-A Farm Club. The Blue Jays played home games in Buffalo in the shortened 2020 season and stood there with 17: 9.
The TD Ballpark in Dunedin has space for around 8,500 fans and was extensively renovated in 2019-20. The Blue Jays intend to limit the capacity to 15%.
Toronto last played on September 29, 2019 at the Rogers Center with a capacity of 49,000, an 8-3 win over Tampa Bay.
Toronto said that weekday games in Dunedin will start at 7:07 p.m. instead of 6:37 p.m., Saturday games will start at 7:07 p.m. instead of 3:07 p.m., and escape day games will start at 1:07 p.m.
The Blue Jays open on Thursday in the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Angels host their home opening game on April 8th.
