The Toronto Blue Jays enter the ultimate sport of the season preventing the New York Yankees for an opportunity to win the American League East. Profitable the AL East would give the Blue Jays a bye for the primary spherical of the playoffs, which they’ll want with shortstop Bo Bichette “unlikely” to play within the wild-card spherical, per supervisor John Schneider.
Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet Canada reported that Schneider hopes Bichette will probably be out there for the division collection, making securing the bye important.
A bounce-back yr for Bo Bichette
Earlier than going to the injured record with a left knee sprain, Bichette had been having a bounce-back season after having the worst yr of his profession in 2024, throughout which was additionally suffering from accidents. Restricted to 81 video games, Bichette hit a career-worst .225 with an OPS of .598.
Doing an entire 180, Bichette was again to his typical All-Star self for 2025, tying his profession excessive in batting common at .311 with an .840 OPS, and hitting 44 doubles (second within the American League), additionally a profession excessive. Bichette additionally improved his whiff and strikeout percentage, going from the 73rd and 69th percentiles in 2023 to the 83rd and 86th percentiles in 2025.
All eyes are on Vlad Guerrero Jr., George Springer and the Blue Jays offense for the playoffs
With one of many higher offenses in the American League, second in OPS (.757) and first in batting common (.264), the Blue Jays’ offense ought to carry them by means of the playoffs.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. might want to flip issues round for the playoffs, as he’s been chilly as of late, hitting .214 with an OPS of .511 in his final 15 video games, and having a disastrous postseason resume, hitting .136 with an OPS of .422 in six profession playoff video games.
Fortunately for the Blue Jays, the alternative is true for Springer, who has been hitting .367 with an OPS of 1.050 and three dwelling runs in his final 15 video games. Springer has additionally confirmed to be a strong participant within the postseason, hitting .268 with an OPS of .875 in 67 profession playoff video games.
With a mixture of a veteran pitching workers and a high-powered offense, the Blue Jays are a scary group to play towards heading into the postseason.
