Source: Blue Jays to play home games in Buffalo

TORONTO -- The displaced Toronto Blue Jays will play in Buffalo this year amid the pandemic, a source confirmed to ESPN.

An official familiar with the matter told The Associated Press the Blue Jays will play at Sahlen Field, the park where the team's Triple-A affiliate plays.

The Blue Jays were looking for a major league park after the Canadian government declined to allow them to play in Toronto, and the state of Pennsylvania nixed a deal to play in Pittsburgh because of frequent travel throughout the United States.

A source told ESPN's Marly Rivera that Maryland offered to allow the Blue Jays to start at Camden Yards in September, but the team decided it did not want to wait for that.

Toronto begins the season at Tampa Bay on Friday. The Blue Jays are scheduled to play their first home game July 29 against the defending champion Washington Nationals.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.