Jays management requested the delayed homecoming to ensure the renovations would be complete.
No one around the team has interest in grumbling publicly about it, but the scheduled start of the season is far from ideal.
Knowing it and embracing it are two different things, of course, as Jays players will recognize the further this trip winds along, especially when it gets to Anaheim for a three-game weekend set against the Los Angeles Angels.Article content That off day then bleeds into the home opener, which has its appeal for fans, especially. But it can also be exhausting, especially for a group coming in road weary and from three time zones away.
The current 10-game roadie matches the longest in club history which only happened once previously back in 1984. That 89-win Jays team didn’t get too dinged by the inconvenience, going 6-4 on a four-stop western trip through Seattle, Anaheim, Oakland and Texas. Realistically the current group would accept a similar result.Article content
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