2025 Blue Jays make history, surpassing record of the 1992 World Series champions

Offense

The ‘92 Blue Jays were very much a product of their time. They had a standard 1-9 lineup that Manager Cito Gaston would roll out regularly, with nine players getting into over 120 games each. They were also built in the old school way where you had high speed/contact guys up top, your power guys in the middle and then at the bottom were the hitters who were more-so in the game because of their defense.

On almost any given night, the Blue Jays lineup looked like this:
Devon White - CF 
Roberto Alomar - 2B
Joe Carter - RF
Dave Winfield - DH
John Olerud - 1B
Candy Maldonado LF
Kelly Gruber - 3B
Pat Borders - C
Manny Lee - SS

Barring any major injuries or some extreme lefty-righty matchups, this group was THE group to lead the offense.

Compared to today’s team where Manager John Schneider rarely puts together the same lineup on back-to-back nights. They have proven that you need a full bench of players contributing to be successful. There’s also way more data for the coaching staff to utilize to piece together their lineup offering a different look on a nightly basis depending on who the opponents have on the mound. 

Regardless of the personnel, the ‘92 Blue Jays were built to score runs, finishing second in MLB with 780 runs scored and tied for second in the league with 163 home runs. However, they only had one player hit over 30 home runs that year (right fielder, Carter, 34) but four other players had at least 16 home runs and two more were also in double digits.

They also had two guys who could really run at the top of their order with Alomar swiping 49 bases and White taking 37 and as a team they finished with 129 steals, 11th in the league. The Blue Jays were also great situational hitters who capitalized on cashing in runs, evidenced by their .429 slug with runners in scoring position.

This year, they are not hitting for as much power. Their 97 home runs are tied for 15th in the league, but strangely enough it is right fielder George Springer who is leading the team in that category with 16. They have four total players in double digits in home runs. They also don't steal bases like they did in '92 as they sit 23rd in the league with 47 steals. However, the Blue Jays have scored 420 runs as a team, mostly through timely and clutch hitting.

They have a team on-base percentage of .329 which is third in the league and they own the lowest strike out rate in MLB with just 609 K’s. So while the 2025 team doesn’t over power teams or beat them with blazing speed on the base-paths, they also find ways to to damage with runners on, with a .283 average (third in MLB), .355 OBP (fourth in MLB) and .773 OPS (sixth in MLB) with RISP.