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 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 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. With the Blue Jays denied permission to play in Toronto, this will be the first season since 1968 to feature no regular season games played in Canada. After authorities in Pennsylvania rejected the Blue Jays' request to share PNC Park with the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Blue Jays struck an agreement to use Sahlen Field, home of their AAA affiliate Buffalo Bisons, for their home games. The first game in Buffalo is scheduled to be played August 11; the Jays' interim "home" games were scheduled to be played in their opponents' stadiums. Under New York's coronavirus restrictions, all Blue Jays home games will be held without fans in attendance. This will be the first major league baseball team to play its home games in Buffalo, New York since the Buffalo Blues of the Federal League ceased operations in 1915.
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
Standings
American League East
American League Wild Card
Records vs opponents
2020 draft
Regular season
Game log
Roster
Statistics
Batting
| Player | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | ||
| 3 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 | ||
| 6 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .200 | ||
| 4 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .154 | ||
| 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .091 | ||
| 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .300 | ||
| 3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .400 | ||
| 6 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .200 | ||
| 5 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .222 | ||
| 6 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .250 | ||
| 4 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .267 | ||
| 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 | ||
| 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | ||
| 5 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
Pitching
| Player | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 1.50 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27.00 | 6.00 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.80 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.86 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 1.13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.80 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 0.60 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.79 | 1.50 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 0.83 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 2.50 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36.00 | 6.00 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Transactions
July
- On July 26, optioned Billy McKinney to the team's alternate training site and activated Brandon Drury.
- On July 27, placed Ken Giles on the 10-day injured list, placed Travis Shaw on the bereavement list, activated Wilmer Font, and recalled Ryan Borucki from the team's alternate training site.
- On July 29, optioned Brian Moran to the team's alternate training site and selected the contract of Nate Pearson.
Farm system