“Can’t step inside Rogers Center”: Major League Baseball list out awe-inspiring unvaccinated players who cannot enter Canada

“Can’t step inside Rogers Center”: Major League Baseball list out awe-inspiring unvaccinated players who cannot enter Canada

Major League Baseball unvaccinated players

Major league Baseball players who have not yet got their vaccinations for COVID-19 will not be allowed to enter Canada for games against the Toronto Blue Jays barring a change in the country’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for visitors before the 2022 season. The Major League players who have decided against vaccination say, they will not let a country define what their body needs.

Every time an Major League Baseball team comes across the border to face Toronto, a few players cannot come because of their personal health choice. Although a small vaccination hit is the only key to save them their match fees from getting deducted.

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Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association decided that from the fourth-coming moment forward, unvaccinated players will be placed on the restricted list for games in Toronto, which means they’ll miss out on pay and service time.

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List of Unvaccinated Major League Baseball players

Major League Baseball unvaccinated players
Major League Baseball unvaccinated players

As of July 12, 2022, there have been 26 MLB players that have been placed on the restricted list when their respective team was in Toronto since they were unvaccinated, and are firm upon their decision. There are 18 pitchers and eight position players.

J. T. Realmuto had a few words of himself, “I’m not going to let Canada tell me what I do and don’t put in my body for a little bit of money.”

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The teams are listed below are in order from when their first trip to Toronto happened during the season:

  • Oakland A’s (3): Catcher Austin Allen, reliever A.J. Puk, and reliever A.J. Snead
  • Boston Red Sox (2): Outfielder Jarren Duran, reliever Tanner Houck
  • Seattle Mariners (2): Starting pitcher Robbie Ray, reliever Drew Steckenrider
  • Cincinnati Reds (4): Outfielder Albert Almora, infielder Brandon Drury, reliever Joel Kuhnel, starting pitcher Tyler Mahle
  • Chicago White Sox (2): Starting pitcher Dylan Cease, reliever Kendall Graveman
  • Minnesota Twins (4): Outfielder Max Kepler, reliever Trevor Megill, reliever Emilio Pagán, reliever Caleb Thielbar
  • Baltimore Orioles (2): Reliever Keegan Akin, outfielder Anthony Santander
  • Tampa Bay Rays (2): Reliever Brooks Raley, reliever Ryan Thompson
  • Philadelphia Phillies (5): Infielder Alec Bohm, pitcher Bailey Falter (Falter was optioned to the minors instead of being placed on the restricted list), starting pitcher Kyle Gibson, starting pitcher Aaron Nola, catcher J.T. Realmuto

All Major League Baseball teams have but only the Texas Rangers, Houston Astros, and New York Yankees have not placed any player on the restricted list before heading into Toronto.

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