2020 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 2020 Toronto Blue Jays season is the 44th season of the Toronto Blue Jays franchise.

On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks. On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players will report to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 23 or 24 Opening Day. On July 18, the Canadian government denied approval for the Blue Jays to play their home games at Rogers Centre in Toronto, since the team is scheduled to play in areas of the United States hit hard by the coronavirus. The Blue Jays will play their home games at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida or Sahlen Field in Buffalo, New York for the 2020 season.

Offseason

October 2019

• On October 29, the Blue Jays claimed RHP Anthony Bass off waivers from the Mariners, and designated RHP Ryan Dull for assignment.
• On October 30, the Blue Jays out righted Brock Stewart, Ryan Dull, and Buddy Boshers to Triple-A Buffalo.
• On October 31, RHP Clay Buchholz and 1B Justin Smoak elected free agency.

November 2019

• On November 4, the Blue Jays acquired RHP Chase Anderson for 1B Chad Spanberger. RHP Ryan Tepera was designated for assignment and Devon Travis was out righted to Triple-A.
• On November 7, Devon Travis became a free agent.
• On November 11, Ryan Tepera cleared waivers and became a free agent.
• On November 20, the Blue Jays designated RHP Justin Shafer for assignment and out righted RHP Tim Mayza to Triple-A. In corresponding moves, the Blue Jays purchased the contracts of RHP Thomas Hatch and 2B Santiago Espinal from the minors.
• On November 25, the Blue Jays traded Justin Shafer to the Cincinnati Reds for cash considerations. The Jays also signed RHP A.J. Cole to a minor-league deal with an invitation to spring training.

December 2019

• On December 1, the Blue Jays signed Phillippe Aumont and Justin Miller to minor-league deals with invites to spring training.
• On December 2, the Blue Jays non-tendered Jason Adam, Derek Law and Luke Maile who all elected to become free agents.
• On December 9, the Blue Jays purchased the contract of James Dykstra from the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs.
• On December 18, the Blue Jays signed Tanner Roark to a 2-year, $24 million contract.
• On December 27, the Blue Jays signed Hyun-jin Ryu to a 4-year, $80 million contract.
• On December 28, the Blue Jays signed Shun Yamaguchi to a 2-year, $6.35 million contract.
• On December 30, the Blue Jays signed Travis Shaw to a 1-year, $4 million contract. In a corresponding move, Richard Ureña was designated for assignment.

January 2020

• On January 20, the Blue Jays signed several players to minor league contracts with invites to spring training, including Joe Panik, Ruben Tejada, and Caleb Joseph.

February 2020

• On February 8, the Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Rafael Dolis and designated Breyvic Valera for assignment.
• On February 11, Jake Petricka was signed to a minor league deal with an invite to spring training.
• On February 24, the Blue Jays signed Marc Rzepcyznski to a minor league deal with an invite to spring training.

June 2020

• On June 30, the Blue Jays placed INF Brandon Drury, OF Jonathan Davis, and RHP Elvis Luciano and Hector Perez on the 10-day injured list, most likely due to either positive COVID-19 tests or potential exposure to the virus.

July 2020

• On July 2, the Blue Jays claimed INF Breyvic Valera off waivers and added him to the 60-man training camp roster, they also added RHP Bryan Baker, UTL Patrick Kivlehan, and OF Josh Palacios to the 60-man training camp list as the corresponding moves to the transactions on June 30.

Spring training

The Blue Jays announced they would return to Montreal to finish their spring training for the seventh consecutive year. The opponents would have been the New York Yankees. However, spring training games, including the aforementioned series in Montreal, were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. On June 23, MLB announced the resumption of spring training on July 1.

Records vs opponents

Record Games Left Opponent Home Road Total Home Road Total AL East Baltimore Orioles – – – 7 3 10 Boston Red Sox – – – 3 7 10 New York Yankees – – – 7 3 10 Tampa Bay Rays – – – 3 7 10 Totals – – – 20 20 40 NL East Atlanta Braves – – – – 3 3 Miami Marlins – – – 2 2 4 New York Mets – – – 3 – 3 Philadelphia Phillies – – – 3 3 6 Washington Nationals – – – 2 2 4 Totals – – – 10 10 20 Grand Totals – – – 30 30 60

Month Games Won Lost Pct. July – August – September – Totals –

2020 draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College/School	Nationality	Signed
1	5	Austin Martin	SS	Vanderbilt		July 8
2	42	CJ Van Eyk	RHP	Florida State		June 18
3	77	Trent Palmer	RHP	Jacksonville		June 18
4	106	Nick Frasso	RHP	Loyola Marymount		July 8
5	136	Zach Britton	OF	Louisville		June 18

Regular season

Game log

Legend
Blue Jays win	Blue Jays loss	Game postponed

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

(Updated to games played September 2, 2019)

Level	Team	League	Manager	Win–loss record	Position	Postseason	Ref.
Triple-A	Buffalo Bisons	International League
Double-A	New Hampshire Fisher Cats	Eastern League
Advanced-A	Dunedin Blue Jays	Florida State League
Class-A	Lansing Lugnuts	Midwest League
Short Season-A	Vancouver Canadians	Northwest League
Rookie Advanced	Bluefield Blue Jays	Appalachian League
Rookie	GCL Blue Jays	Gulf Coast League
Rookie	DSL Blue Jays	Dominican Summer League