Dunedin Blue Jays

• Location: Dunedin, FL
• League: Florida State League 1978-1979, 1987-2019; Low-A Southeast 2021; Florida State League 2022-
• Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays 1978-1979, 1987-present
• Ballpark: TD Ballpark 1990-2018, 2020-present; Jack Russell Stadium 2019

Team History

The Dunedin Blue Jays, of the Single-A Florida State League and briefly in Low-A Southeast, missed two-and-a-half seasons in their home ballpark due to an expected renovation followed by two unexpected gaps related to the Coronavirus pandemic. The Toronto Blue Jays farmhands play their home games at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, FL.

On June 1, 2021, the D-Jays played at home for the first time since 2018. They had played 2019 at Clearwater's Jack Russell Memorial Stadium[1] while their park was renovated, didn't play in 2020 as the minor leagues were shut down by the pandemic, and played May 2021 at Clearwater's BayCare Ballpark and Tampa's George M. Steinbrenner Field while international travel restrictions related to the pandemic kept the parent Blue Jays in Dunedin for two months after spring training ended.

MLB's 2021 Minor League Reorganization lowered the D-Jays, and most of the FSL, one level.

Like seven of the other nine FSL teams, the Jays are owned by their parent club.

Year-by-Year Record

Dunedin logo 2004-2011

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting coach	Pitching coach	Coach
1978	59-83	10th	Denis Menke		Dennis Holmberg
1979	68-69	6th	Denis Menke			??Hector Torres
1987	76-64	5th (t)	Bob Bailor		Dennis Holmberg	Steve Mingori
1988	65-75	11th	Doug Ault		Dennis Holmberg	Steve Mingori
1989	69-71	10th	Doug Ault		Dennis Holmberg	Steve Mingori
1990	84-52	3rd	Dennis Holmberg	Lost in 1st round		Bill Monbouquette
1991	59-72	12th	Dennis Holmberg		Pete Rowe	Bill Monbouquette
1992	78-59	2nd	Dennis Holmberg	Lost in 1st round	Hector Torres	Bill Monbouquette
1993	68-64	6th	Dennis Holmberg			Bill Monbouquette
1994	65-68	7th	Jim Nettles		Rocket Wheeler	Bill Monbouquette
1995	63-74	10th	Jim Nettles
1996	67-70	10th	Dennis Holmberg		Rolando Pino	Scott Breeden
1997	57-82	13th	Dennis Holmberg (42-61) / Ernie Whitt (15-21)		Hector Torres	Darren Balsley	Young-jun Han
1998	82-58	2nd (t)	Rocket Wheeler		Dennis Holmberg	Rick Langford
1999	86-51	1st	Rocket Wheeler	Lost League Finals	Dennis Holmberg	Scott Breeden
2000	84-54	1st	Marty Pevey	Lost League Finals	Dennis Holmberg	Scott Breeden
2001	71-64	3rd	Marty Pevey		Dennis Holmberg	Scott Breeden
2002	63-72	9th	Marty Pevey		Jim Bowie	Hector Berrios
2003	78-62	1st	Mike Basso	Lost League Finals	Gary Cathcart	Rick Langford
2004	76-57	2nd	Omar Malave	Lost in 1st round	Paul Elliott	Rick Langford
2005	82-58	2nd	Omar Malave	Lost in 1st round	Paul Elliott	Rick Langford
2006	68-69	7th (t)	Omar Malave	Lost League Finals	Paul Elliott	Darold Knowles
2007	72-68	5th	Omar Malave		Paul Elliott	Darold Knowles
2008	85-53	1st	Omar Malave	Lost in 1st round	Paul Elliott	Darold Knowles
2009	67-67	5th	Omar Malave		Al LeBoeuf	Darold Knowles
2010	72-67	6th	Clayton McCullough	Lost in 1st round	Justin Mashore	Darold Knowles
2011	79-61	1st	Clayton McCullough	Lost in 1st round	Ralph Dickenson	Darold Knowles
2012	78-55	2nd	Mike Redmond	Lost in 1st round	Ralph Dickenson	Darold Knowles
2013	63-68	9th	Bobby Meacham	Lost in 1st round	Stubby Clapp	Darold Knowles
2014	77-61	3rd	Omar Malave	Lost in 1st round	Stubby Clapp	Darold Knowles
2015	61-76	10th	Omar Malave		John Tamargo Jr.	Vince Horsman	Seth Conner (April-June)
2016	76-59	3rd	Ken Huckaby		Corey Hart	Jim Czajkowski
2017	72-66	5th	John Schneider	League Co-Champs	Corey Hart	Mark Riggins	Michel Abreu
2018	69-68	8th	Casey Candaele		Donnie Murphy	Mark Riggins	Michel Abreu, Deiferson Barreto
2019	80-55	2nd	Cesar Martin	cancelled	Matt Young	Jim Czajkowski	Jake McGuiggan
2020	Season cancelled
2021	57-63	7th	Luis Hurtado		Matt Young	Drew Hayes	George Carroll, Zach Stewart
2022	66-63	5th	Donnie Murphy	Lost League Finals	Matt Young	Drew Hayes	Danny Canellas, Max Glasser, Taylor Hill
2023	62-70	7th	Donnie Murphy		Matt Young	Cory Riordan	George Carroll, Yoel Hernandez, Petr Stribrcky
2024	69-61	3rd	Jose Mayorga		Nash Knight	Cory Riordan	Matt von Roemer, Yoel Hernandez, Petr Stribrcky
2025			Gil Kim		Nash Knight	Cory Riordan	Jonathan Davis, Antonio Caceres, Ashley Stephenson, Rodrigo Vigil

• In 2017, the championship series between Dunedin and Palm Beach was cancelled because of Hurricane Irma; both teams were declared Co-Champions.

External Link

• Dunedin Blue Jays