When will Blue Jays come to Buffalo and other storylines to watch as baseball season begins By Mike Harrington News Sports Reporter Mar 31, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Updated Apr 19, 2026 0 The Toronto Blue Jays branding remains on a dugout at Sahlen Field in a view from the 29th floor of Seneca One, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Derek Gee / Buffalo News Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save By Mike Harrington News Sports Reporter Here are eight storylines to watch as the 2021 Major League Baseball season gets underway Thursday: kAm• (96? H:== E96 %@C@?E@ q=F6 y2JD C6EFC? 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Blue Jays GM: Buffalo timetable is likely to come within the next week The Blue Jays have not officially announced they're coming to Buffalo and there have thus been no tickets put on sale for any games.Â
Watch Now: Amherst's Jonah Heim belts first MLB home run The Texas Rangers catcher drove a pitch 392 feet to left field.
Mike Harrington: Baseball is once again a marathon, but how will pitchers respond? "Plenty of unknowns remain as to how players will respond to the normal long season in the wake of the very short one. Especially pitchers," w…
Mike Harrington's Baseball Power Rankings: Can the Dodgers pull off a repeat? The Dodgers finally broke through last October against Tampa Bay, snapping a 32-year drought that stretched to the miracle workers of 1988 tha…
Q&A: What are timetables for Bisons' move to Trenton, Blue Jays' return to Buffalo? There are so many moving parts when it comes to baseball in Buffalo in pandemic year 2021 that you definitely need your scorecard to mark them…
Former Bison Casey Candaele is thrilled to return at head of the Herd Candaele played 270 games for the Herd in its first three years as a Cleveland affiliate, all of which ended in American Association playoff berths.Â
Blue Jays and Bisons both seeking scheduling clarity starting in May Construction is already under way in Sahlen Field for what seems like a return of the Blue Jays sometime in June, but for how long? And what w…
MLB opts to delay opening of Triple-A season until May The Bisons won't play in Sahlen Field until May.
Analysis: Will the Blue Jays return to Buffalo? Maybe, but it's complicated There are a lot of moving parts to this situation. And it is not nearly as simple as last season, when the Blue Jays played 26 games here in a…
