3 Blue Jays players who will be better in 2025, 2 who won’t

2 Blue Jays players who will stay the same in 2025

George Springer

George Springer still stands stop the record books for the Blue Jays, as his six-year, $150 million contract is still the longest in team history.

As a prolific leadoff hitter with his elite combination of speed and power, Springer was brought into Toronto to be a veteran leader for the next generation of Blue Jays. And at first he did exactly that by helping lead Toronto to two consecutive postseason berths in 2022 and '23.

However, despite the semi-success with the team as a whole, Springer has struggled over the past couple of seasons. After hitting .267 with 25 home runs and 76 RBI in 2022, he finished last year with a measly .220 average and 56 RBI.

Some may point to the fact that Father Time may be starting to catch up to him. But just looking back, Springer hasn’t appeared to be the same since sustaining the fateful concussion in a collision with Bichette during the AL Wild Card Series game against the Seattle Mariners in 2022.

At age 35, Springer won't be getting better any time soon considering the wear and tear on his body after over 1,300 career MLB games. He's no longer the guy who will aveage .260 with 30+ home runs and 80+ RBI. Nevertheless, Springer could still provide some decent production as more of a .240 hitter with 20+ home runs and 60+ RBI worth going forward so long as the team is smart about managing his health.

Davis Schneider

It sure has been a whirlwind of an MLB career so far for Schneider. It wasn’t that long ago that he had one of the best debuts in major league history in 2023. He ended up finishing the year with a .276 batting average with an elite 1.008 OPS, along with eight home runs and 20 RBI in just 35 games played.

However, things took a step back last year.

At first he started the the year out strong with with seven home runs and 29 RBI over the first two months of the season, which led to him getting some looks at leadoff.

Unfortunately, things went south after that. From June onwards, Schneider compiled an abysmal .159 average and .499 OPS across his final 86 games, which led to him losing some playing time as the season went on. Opposing pitchers have clearly found a way to neutralize Schneider, and he appears to have yet to make the right adjustments.

So until Schneider finds a way to adjust his hitting mechanics to effectively combat major league pitching, we could be expecting more of the same from him going forward.

At the same time, we have also seen the rapid rise of prospects in the organization such as Will Wagner, Leo Jiménez, and to some extent, Orelvis Martínez. Together with the key offseason additions in Anthony Santander through free agency and Andrés Giménez via trade Schneider could be on the outside looking in this season.