A general view of lower bowl seating in the newly-renovated Rogers Centre as the º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøBlue Jays take on the Colorado Rockies during interleague baseball action in Toronto, Saturday, April 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
New concrete security barriers are shown outside the Rogers Centre before the º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøBlue Jays season opener against the New York Yankees in Toronto, Thursday, March 29, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Blue Jays to open and close 2026 season at home, host Dodgers in April
TORONTO - The º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøBlue Jays will open the 2026 season with a six-game homestand and close it with three games against the Cincinnati Reds, the Major League Baseball team announced Tuesday.
A general view of lower bowl seating in the newly-renovated Rogers Centre as the º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøBlue Jays take on the Colorado Rockies during interleague baseball action in Toronto, Saturday, April 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
TORONTO - The º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøBlue Jays will open the 2026 season with a six-game homestand and close it with three games against the Cincinnati Reds, the Major League Baseball team announced Tuesday.
The Blue Jays kick off a season-opening three-game series with the Athletics on March 26, with the Colorado Rockies coming to º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøfor a three-game set on March 30.
It will mark the second straight season that the Jays have opened and closed at home.
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The Blue Jays will have their two longest homestands in June — a nine-game stretch from June 5 to 14 and a 10-game run from June 22 to July 1.
Including the Rockies and Reds, the Blue Jays will host eight interleague series in 2026. A marquee matchup comes early, with Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers visiting April 6-8.
The American League East rival New York Yankees will head north for a pair of weekend series — June 12-14 and Aug. 14-16.
For the team’s West Coast fans, º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøvisits the Seattle Mariners for a weekend series July 3-5.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 26, 2025.
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