| 2022 Toronto Blue Jays | ||
|---|---|---|
| American League Wild Card | ||
| League | American League | |
| Division | East | |
| Ballpark | Rogers Centre | |
| City | Toronto, Ontario | |
| Record | 92–70 (.568) | |
| Divisional place | 2nd | |
| Owners | Rogers, CEO Mark Shapiro | |
| General managers | Ross Atkins | |
| Managers | Charlie Montoyo (Fired July 13) John Schneider (Interim) | |
| Television | Sportsnet Sportsnet One (Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez, Pat Tabler, Matt Devlin) | |
| Radio | Blue Jays Radio Network Sportsnet 590 the FAN (Ben Wagner) | |
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The 2022 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 46th season in Major League Baseball, and 31st full season (33rd overall) at Rogers Centre.
On December 2, 2021, Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred announced a lockout of players, following expiration of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the league and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA). On March 10, 2022, MLB and the MLBPA agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement, thus ending the lockout. Opening Day was rescheduled for April 7, one week later than the original March 31 date, affecting two series for each team.[1]
Although MLB previously announced that any cancelled games due to the lockout would not be rescheduled, the agreement provides for a complete 162-game season. The three home games against the Tampa Bay Rays were rescheduled to be played in the Rays' two other visits, creating two five-game series, while the series at Baltimore was added to the end of the season.[2]
On July 13, the Blue Jays dismissed manager Charlie Montoyo after starting the month 3–9. Bench coach John Schneider replaced Montoyo as interim manager. In Montoyo's four years with Toronto, he had a record of 236–236 (.500). The Jays would rebound under Schneider, going 46-28 the rest of the way, including a historic 28–5 win against the Red Sox on July 22.
On September 29, Toronto clinched their first wild card berth since the pandemic-shortened 2020 season and their first in a full season since 2016. Toronto also clinched home advantage for the wild card series, in which they were swept by the Seattle Mariners with losses of 4–0 and 10–9.