Toronto Blue Jays return to Sunday Night Baseball for first time in over a decade

According to Mitch Bannon of the Athletic, the Blue Jays will return to Sunday Night Baseball in 2026.

For the first time in over a decade, the Blue Jays will return to Sunday Night Baseball, albeit on NBC's broadcast, replacing ESPN's coverage after the network opted out of the remainder of its contract with MLB last year.

The Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals will be showcased across the United States during their contest at Kauffman Stadium on Sep. 6, with the game streaming exclusively on Peacock. However, Canadian fans will still be able to watch it on Sportsnet.

Toronto was originally scheduled to host the New York Yankees during ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball broadcast on July 8, 2018, at least until the matchup was ultimately flexed out of that window and pushed to a 1 p.m. local start time.

In addition to their lone Sunday Night Baseball appearance in '26, the Blue Jays will also be featured on the network's «Sunday Leadoff» schedule four separate times, including three in May. It'll be a cool spotlight for the Blue Jays.

ESPN, the previous carrier of Sunday Night Baseball, wasn't making a totally illogical decision to not televise the Blue Jays.

They had the U.S. rights to the broadcasts. They weren't broadcasting into Canada, so one whole fanbase watching the game would be doing so on their own domestic channel.

NBC is changing it up, though, and the Blue Jays will get the primetime spotlight.

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