Major League Baseball players who do not have the COVID-19 vaccine will not be able to travel to Canada to play the Blue Jays in Toronto and will not receive pay for those games.
The Canadian government requires everyone to have received a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine – or one dose in the case of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine – at least 14 days before entering the country.
“The parties have agreed that any player who, due to government regulations such as this, is unable or ineligible to play in a game (or games) during the season due to his vaccination status will not be eligible for placement on disabled by COVID-19, but will be added to the restricted player roster … with no right to payment or accrued Major League Baseball subscription service during this downtime,” according to a letter from the advisor. legal assistant by the players’ union, Matt Nussbaum, sent to Major League Baseball senior vice president Patrick Houlihan, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press.
The first news outlet to report the deal was Boston TV station WCVB.
Toronto opens regular season home games on April 8 against the Texas Rangers.
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