to recover from Tommy John surgery. The Toronto Blue Jays played their home games in TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida until June 1 when they moved back to Sahlen Field in Buffalo. On July 16, the Blue Jays announced that they would finally return to Rogers Centre in Toronto on July 30 after the Canadian government allowed the Blue Jays and their opponents to play in Canada. Alek Manoah was called up to the majors for the first time this season. Despite having 91 wins in 2021, the Toronto Blue Jays were fourth in the American League East and one game back of the Wild Card cutoff, preventing them from reaching the postseason. Team record 2021: 91 wins–71 losses, W%- , 9 games behind division leader, fourth in division, 1 game behind AL wild card cutoff, third in AL wild card. 2022 season During the off-season, the Blue Jays signed Kevin Gausman, Yimi Garcia, and Yusei Kikuchi as Robbie Ray, Marcus Semien, and Kirby Yates left for free agency. The off-season is mainly affected by a lockout that lasted from December 2021 to March 2022. After the lockout, the Blue Jays traded for Matt Chapman from the Oakland Athletics, as well as traded Randal Grichuk for Raimel Tapia. On July 13, the team released Charlie Montoyo as the manager for the team. With his four seasons with Toronto (2019–2022), he had a win-loss record of 236–235 (.501), and made it to the playoffs once (2020 ALWC). The new interim manager is bench coach John Schneider. At the trade deadline, the Blue Jays traded for Whit Merrifield from the Kansas City Royals. After the trade deadline, the Blue Jays claimed Jackie Bradley Jr. from waivers. The Blue Jays clinched home advantage for the American League Wild Card Series and hosted the Seattle Mariners. However, the Mariners swept the Blue Jays in two games. Team record 2022: 92 wins–70 losses, W%- 2023 season During the off-season, the Blue Jays traded Teoscar Hernández to the Seattle Mariners for Erik Swanson and Adam Macko. The Blue Jays hired Don Mattingly as the new bench coach. The Blue Jays later signed Chris Bassitt and Kevin Kiermaier and traded Gabriel Moreno and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Daulton Varsho. Popularity In 1977, after just 50 home games, the Blue Jays set an MLB record for a first-year expansion team, with an overall attendance