In the shortest off-season in 22 years, we are back with the 2016 version of the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Grapefruit League season starts this afternoon and concludes with a pair of games at Olympic Stadium in Montréal to start off April. We'll have much more on the on-field prospects for the 2016 Blue Jays and the Montréal excursion later.
Buck Martinez handles the play-by-play while Pat Tabler and Joe Siddall supply colour commentary.
The hat and jersey shown here is part of the new spring training wardrobe for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2016. The hat logo is a bit dull, but the FL patch is pretty cool.
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MLB Network will carry 4 live Toronto Blue Jays spring training games: the March 1 opener at Philadelphia, March 18 hosting Houston, and the pair of games from Olympic Stadium in Montréal. The channel will carry a pair of Friday games same-day tape delayed: March 11 hosting Boston (9 pm) and March 25 at Philadelphia (8 pm).
These are the telecasts that will run the day after the game (tape-delayed times given):
March 5 Baltimore 9 am
March 6 Philadelphia 2 am
March 11 @ NY Yankees (split squad) 6 am
March 13 @ Philadelphia 6 am
March 17 @ NY Yankees 12:30 am
March 18 @ Houston (split squad) 2 am
March 20 Philadelphia 6 am
March 28 @ Tampa Bay 6 am
March 31 @ Minnesota 9 am
If MLB.TV is your preferred option, click here for the schedule.
Rogers airs 10 Blue Jays home spring training games from Dunedin, Florida, with Rogers Sportsnet, though Rogers Sportsnet One takes the March 5 game. All but the April 1 telecast from Montréal will be at 1 pm Eastern.
March 4 Baltimore
March 5 Philadelphia*
March 11 Boston
March 13 Tampa Bay
March 18 Houston
March 19 Philadelphia
March 20 Pittsburgh
March 26 New York Yankees
April 1 Boston** (7:05 pm)
April 2 Boston**
* Rogers Sportsnet One ** Olympic Stadium, Montréal
All Grapefruit League games will be streamed on sportsnet.ca, except for the March 17 split-squad game at Houston. We don't know if U.S. viewers can access the stream, or whether the stream is only for Canadian audiences.
All times are 1 pm Eastern unless noted.
March 1 @ Philadelphia
March 2 Philadelphia
March 3 @ Pittsburgh
March 4 Baltimore
March 5 Philadelphia
March 6 @ Houston
March 7 Atlanta
March 8 Minnesota
March 9 @ Tampa Bay
March 10 @ New York Yankees
March 11 Boston
March 12 @ Philadelphia (12:30 pm)
March 13 Tampa Bay
March 15 Baltimore
March 16 @ New York Yankees (6:30 pm)
March 17 Canadian Junior Team /// @ Houston (SS)
March 18 Houston
March 19 Philadelphia
March 20 Pittsburgh
March 22 @ Detroit
March 23 New York Mets
March 24 Detroit
March 25 @ Philadelphia (6:30 pm)
March 26 New York Yankees
March 27 @ Tampa Bay (12:30 pm)
March 28 Philadelphia
March 29 @ Detroit
March 30 @ Minnesota
April 1 Boston** (7:05 pm)
April 2 Boston**
** Olympic Stadium, Montréal
photos credit: Toronto Blue Jays/MLB
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