3 things the Toronto Blue Jays need to do better in June

The Toronto Blue Jays entered June with a 29-31 record, tied with the Texas Rangers for the final American League wild card spot. It’s hardly where they expected to be coming off a World Series birth, yet also not the worst outcome given everything that has gone wrong thus far. 

Still, it’s not early anymore. This is the point of the season where last year’s Blue Jays began turning things around. This current group can’t afford to keep treading water because other teams will inevitably get hot. They need to play better. 

What changes can the Blue Jays make to get on a hot streak?

1. Hit for power more consistently

The 2025 Blue Jays were falsely miscategorized as a contact-oriented team. Yes, they put the bat on the ball, but they also did tons of damage. That simply hasn’t been the case so far this season. 

The Blue Jays rank among the league’s bottom 10 teams in home runs, slugging percentage, and OPS. Only one player on their team—Kazuma Okamoto—has double-digit dingers. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has just three home runs, zero of which have come at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. The lineup has been punchless since early April. 

Getting Addison Barger and Alejandro Kirk back from the injured list should help in this regard. In the meantime, Guerrero, Varsho, and Springer need to tap into their power stroke more consistently. 

2. Execute baseball fundamentals

Power isn’t the only difference between this year’s offence and the group that tore up the league last season. This team has also regressed in its situational hitting. 

The 2025 Blue Jays hit a ridiculous .292 with runners in scoring position. That was bound to level out, but a drop all the way down to .236 is inexcusable. This team needs to refine its approach when runners are on base because whatever they are doing right now isn’t working. 

The Blue Jays are stranding runners on third with less than two outs seemingly every night. What happened to doing whatever the situation requires? You have to do the little things right if you aren’t going to put the ball over the fence. Ideally, the Blue Jays will do more of both in June.

3. Pitch deeper into games

Back in February, the Blue Jays appeared to have eight starting pitchers competing for five spots in their rotation—what a difference a few months make. 

Kevin Gausman, Trey Yesavage, and Patrick Corbin are the last men standing. Dylan Cease and Max Scherzer should be back from the injured list sometime this month, with Shane Bieber hopefully close behind them. Until then, the priority needs to be going six or seven innings every time out to help save the team’s extremely taxed bullpen. 

Saturday’s walk-off loss against the Baltimore Orioles is a great example. Yesavage battled through five innings, which ultimately led to Jeff Hoffman pitching the ninth inning because the team was out of options. This will keep happening unless the starters cover more innings, especially with two bullpen games happening every five days.

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