Sources: Blue Jays set to make Buffalo move on June 1

The Blue Jays are "returning to Buffalo’s renovated Sahlen Field beginning with a five-game homestand" against the Marlins and Astros beginning on June 1, according to sources cited by Shi Davidi of SPORTSNET. A move north "had been expected, although the club had hoped to go directly" from TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Fla., to Rogers Centre in Toronto. The Blue Jays have a 10-game homestand May 14-24 against the Phillies, Red Sox and Rays in Dunedin before moving. Among the improvements at Sahlen Field are a "new, permanent home clubhouse, the transition of the old home clubhouse into a visitor’s clubhouse, the moving of the bullpens off the field and installation of new batting cages" (SPORTSNET.ca, 5/5).