Covering veteran players in Spring Training has been an education in what actually matters. “Strictly the win-loss record,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider joked before Saturday’s Grapefruit League opener.

There have been a ton of eyes on the Toronto Blue Jays as of late, as they’ve finally emerged from their winter-long hibernation to – once again – screw up what should’ve been an easy entrance into the “win” column for the organization.

It's an exciting day for the Toronto Blue Jays as they play their first spring training game, but not everyone was feeling the love.

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Ahead of their first spring training game on Saturday, the Blue Jays announced their starters for the first four games of pre-season action.

The Toronto Blue Jays are officially back. After a wild offseason, a new era of Blue Jays baseball starts today in the form of the team's Spring Training opener against the New York Yankees, a division rival that they'll see plenty of during the regular season.