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Major League Baseball players who are not vaccinated against the coronavirus won't be allowed to travel into Canada to face the Blue Jays in Canada and ...

At the end of BP, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. jumped back in for one pitch. Guerrero finished last season with a .311 batting average, leading the majors with 48 home runs and 123 runs.

He hit it over the batter’s eye in centre field. The unvaccinated players will not enter Canada. "It's a concern," union head Tony Clark said Friday. "I think as everyone knows — appreciate and respect the decisions that are made, particularly in regard to player health and community health. without pay or the accrual of credited major league service, during such period of unavailability," according to a letter from union deputy general counsel Matt Nussbaum to MLB senior vice president Patrick Houlihan, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press. "We are monitoring ridership very closely and will do our best to provide extra trains when big games or events are scheduled," said a spokesman from Metrolinx. "To provide assistance to customers who may be travelling to Union Station for the first time in years, we are ensuring extra staff are available to assist customers during events." Sources confirmed to The Canadian Press on Friday that players on teams visiting the Blue Jays who are not fully vaccinated would be placed on a restricted list for the length of their series in Toronto. An MLB spokesman said that by the end of the 2021 season more than 88 per cent of the league's Tier 1 personnel — players and key staff who have access to players — were fully vaccinated. Major League Baseball players who are not vaccinated against the coronavirus won't be allowed to travel into Canada to face the Blue Jays in Canada and won't be paid for those games. The letter says the agreement covering unvaccinated players and travel to Canada expires at the end of the 2022 season. "The parties have agreed that any player who, as a result of such a governmental regulation is unable or ineligible to play in a championship season game [or games] due to his vaccination status will be ineligible for placement on the COVID-19 IL, but rather may be placed on the restricted list...

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- When Vladimir Guerrero Jr. pulled into parking spot No. 1 at the Blue Jays' complex on Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET, it finally felt like things ...

“It’s going to be six months of working as hard as we can and being prepared as well as we can. We have to do it,” Montoyo said. We’ll see what happens, but I believe in this team and I believe in the talent we have.” “It’s going to be six months of working as hard as we can and being prepared as well as we can. It’s going to take a lot of communication.” “We’re going to have to communicate with our players a lot and see how they’re doing physically. “We didn’t have a home for two years. This is, by every letter of the definition, the sweet spot for the Blue Jays. Now that there’s 162 games spread out in front of them, it’s go time. “My day will come to have more of a voice, but as of now, they’re doing it. This is, by every letter of the definition, the sweet spot for the Blue Jays. Now that there’s 162 games spread out in front of them, it’s go time.\n\n“I think we have a chance to do something special,” Bichette said. We have to do it,” Montoyo said. That’s what got us closer together.”\n\nWhat lies ahead is a unique Spring Training. Granted, the word “unique” has lost some of its edge after the past two years, so Montoyo trusts his team and staff to handle the shortened schedule as well as anyone.

Canadian law prohibits unvaccinated players on visiting teams from playing the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre in Toronto.

Unvaccinated players won't be allowed to play Blue Jays in Toronto Back to video The Blue Jays played games in Florida and Buffalo last season and the Toronto Raptors played in Florida. Unvaccinated players won't be allowed to play Blue Jays in Toronto

The full spring training schedule for the Detroit Tigers has been released, and they will play 18 total games against five teams.

- March 21: vs. - March 18: vs. That way, teams won’t have to spend as much time traveling.

The Blue Jays have preparations underway for the upcoming Major League Baseball season — their first full campaign back in Toronto since 2019.

Guerrero finished last season with a .311 batting average, leading the majors with 48 home runs and 123 runs. The unvaccinated players will not enter Canada. The 27-year-old Berrios, who was set to become a free agent after the 2022 season, was acquired in late July in a trade with the Minnesota Twins. Berrios was effective and reliable over 12 starts for the Blue Jays, posting a 5-4 record and 3.58 earned-run average. Sources confirmed to The Canadian Press on Friday that players on teams visiting the Blue Jays who are not fully vaccinated would be placed on a restricted list for the length of their series in Toronto. An MLB spokesman said that by the end of the 2021 season more than 88 per cent of the league’s Tier 1 personnel — players and key staff who have access to players — were fully vaccinated. A lockout threatened to cancel the 2022 season until an agreement was reached between MLB and its players’ association late Thursday. Toronto had its 2020 and 2021 seasons disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Blue Jays only playing half of their home games — often with limited capacity — at Rogers Centre.