Twins vs. Blue Jays scheduling
Social posts flagged broadcast scheduling for the Twins vs Toronto matchup this weekend, with timing and coverage questions circulating among fans. (The thread appeared in a weekend sports roundup that also noted other MLB and NBA items.) (x.com)
The Minnesota Twins’ weekend series at Toronto was not missing from television. The three games at Rogers Centre were carried on Sportsnet in Canada and on Twins.TV for Minnesota viewers, with first pitches set for 7:07 p.m. Eastern on Friday, 12:07 p.m. Eastern on Saturday, and 1:37 p.m. Eastern on Sunday. (mlb.com) (sportsmediawatch.com) Sportsnet’s game page listed the Saturday, April 11 matchup as a 12:07 p.m. start, and ESPN’s schedule shows the Blue Jays opened the series on Friday, April 10, then played the Twins again on April 11 and April 12 before leaving for Milwaukee. (sportsnet.ca) (espn.com) For viewers in Minnesota, the local answer in 2026 is Twins.TV, Major League Baseball’s direct-to-consumer local package. Sports Media Watch listed Sunday’s April 12 game on MLB.TV and MLB Extra Innings for out-of-market viewers, with Twins.TV as the home local feed and Sportsnet channels as the Toronto feed. (mlb.com) (sportsmediawatch.com) For viewers in Canada, the Blue Jays’ local home remains Sportsnet and Sportsnet+, which Rogers says carries more than 150 Blue Jays games this season. Sports Media Watch’s Blue Jays listings showed the April 12 game on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+, not on a United States national over-the-air network. (rogerssportsandmedia.com) (sportsmediawatch.com) That split setup helps explain why fans were asking where the games were. A Toronto home game can be routine on Sportsnet in Canada while requiring Twins.TV locally in Minnesota and MLB.TV or MLB Extra Innings for many United States viewers outside the market. (sportsmediawatch.com 1) (sportsmediawatch.com 2) The series itself also had unusual clock times for some United States fans. Saturday’s game began at 12:07 p.m. Eastern, which is 11:07 a.m. in Minneapolis, and Sunday’s game began at 1:37 p.m. Eastern, or 12:37 p.m. Central. (sportsnet.ca) (sportsmediawatch.com) On the field, Toronto won the opener 10-4 on April 10 before Minnesota took the next two games, 7-4 on April 11 and 8-2 on April 12. ESPN lists the Blue Jays at 6-9 after the series, and the Associated Press reported the Twins took two of three in Toronto. (espn.com) (apnews.com) So the weekend confusion was less about a canceled telecast than about baseball’s fragmented rights map in 2026. The games were on the schedule, on local carriers, and on different services depending on which side of the border fans were watching from. (mlb.com) (sportsnetplus.ca)
