The network used remote coverage in 2022 before shifting back to traditional in-person road broadcasts for most of the second half of last season.
The Blue Jays are in the thick of the playoff race in the American League. Toronto entered play Friday with a 77-63 record and a half-game lead on Texas for the final wild-card spot.Article content In an age of shrinking newsrooms and tighter budgets, many Canadian media outlets have cut down on road coverage of sports teams to varying degrees.
An earlier request to speak with senior vice-president Greg Sansone about a variety of sport and broadcasting topics — including Blue Jays coverage — was also declined.“Greg simply wants the work done across the Sportsnet network to speak for itself,” network spokesperson Meghann Cox said in an email.
“Regardless of the medium, it’s about the ability to critically analyze the key pivotal moments that shift and change.”Atlanta Braves' Canadian pitcher Michael Soroka has another potentially major setback