ST. PETERSBURG—Roy Halladay will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Friday’s home opener, according to the former Blue Jays pitcher’s Twitter account.

“Just landed in Toronto!! Lot of great memories! Invited by the Jays to be a part of the Home Opener!” he tweeted, followed by a second tweet saying he would throw the first pitch. “Wish Jeter was in the box!”

Halladay, a six-time all-star in Toronto who won the 2003 Cy Young award and ranks behind only Dave Stieb on the franchise’s all-time wins list, signed a symbolic one-day contract with the Jays in December so he could retire with the organization that drafted and developed him.

Halladay was traded in December 2009 to the Philadelphia Phillies for Travis d’Arnaud, Kyle Drabek and Michael Taylor. He won a second Cy Young with the Phillies in 2010, the same year he threw just the second post-season no-hitter in baseball history.

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