3 players Blue Jays fans are losing patience with after two months of the 2025 season

Now more than two months into the 2025 MLB season, despite some ups and downs, the Toronto Blue Jays find themselves very much in the thick of things. With a 30-28 record, they currently sit tied for second with the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East, 5 1/2 games behind the division-leading New York Yankees and just one game out of a wild card playoff spot.

Through it all, there had been many players that had contributed to the team’s success. But at the same time, there have been others that have yet to find their game despite two months already in the books. Here, we will take a look at three players in which Blue Jays fans are beginning to lose their patience with if they don’t manage to turn their games around soon enough.

3 players Blue Jays fans are losing patience with after two months of the 2025 season

Bowden Francis

As one of the breakout players for the Jays last season, Bowden Francis was hands down one of the best starting pitchers in the league down the stretch. After going 4-2 with a sparkling 1.53 ERA while giving up just seven walks with 56 strikeouts in 59 innings in his final nine starts in 2024, many believed that Francis was a lock for the Jays’ rotation in 2025 and had the chance to even evolve into a legitimate front-end starter.

However, things haven’t been going as planned so far for the 29-year-old right-hander. Following a promising start to the year, Francis has been up and down for the most part in recent weeks. On the season, he has compiled a dismal 2-6 record with a 5.04 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, along with 46 strikeouts in 55 1/3 innings pitched over 11 starts. More worrisome was the fact that he has been hit hard, giving up 15 home runs so far on the year which was second to only Zack Littell of the Rays who has given up 16. 

The Jays will need Francis to be much more consistent while keeping the ball in the ballpark going forward if they are to have any success in keeping the team in contention.

Jeff Hoffman

Signed to a big three-year, $33 million deal this past offseason, Jeff Hoffman was supposedly the one to help lead the fully-revamped Jays’ bullpen to much greater success this year. Hoffman sure had a dominating start to his tenure with Toronto, amassing a perfect 3-0 record and going six-for-six in save situations along with a 1.17 ERA and 22 strikeouts in just 15 1/3 innings of work over his first 13 appearances.

However, things have started to unravel for the 32-year-old reliever in May. Hoffman had been either on or way off his game every time he took the mound this past month. He yielded multiple earned runs In five of his 12 appearances in May while blowing three saves in nine opportunities. As a result, Hoffman ended the month sporting an abysmal 6.04 ERA on the year.

Many had expected the lights-out version of Hoffman from his past couple of seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies. But instead, he is starting to have the same wildness as Jordan Romano that many thought they had seen the last of. Hopefully, Hoffman can rediscover his form that he demonstrated in the first month before it starts costing the Jays more games that expected.

Anthony Santander

Finally, we have the Jays’ biggest offseason acquisition in outfielder Anthony Santander. Toronto had inked the star 30-year-old to a massive five-year, $92.5 million deal with hopes that he would be the long-term solution to their ongoing offensive woes. After all, Santander was coming off a career year in 2024 in which he registered 91 runs scored, 44 home runs and 102 RBIs in 155 total games played.

Unfortunately, it has been a disastrous start so far in his tenure with the Jays. It took Santander 15 games before he recorded his first home run with his new club. Even up until now, he has managed only six home runs and 18 RBIs through 50 games, which puts him on pace for just around 20 home runs and 60 RBIs for the season. To make matters worse, Santander had been hitting just .179, which is his lowest mark ever, along with just a .577 OPS, which is his second lowest of his career.

His current shoulder injury could be a blessing in disguise, as it gives him a chance to reset and reload his game. But it better happen soon enough before the Jays fans get more uneasy in what appears to be turning into a bust if the struggles continue to persist.