A couple of Blue Jays finally recognized for their outstanding performances in 2025

So far this offseason, the Toronto Blue Jays have been subjected to a series of big time snubs when it came to various awards for the 2025 MLB season. Whether it be the Gold Glove Award (Ernie Clement, Andrés Giménez, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and Alejandro Kirk), the American League Manager of the Year Award (John Schneider), or the AL Comeback Player of the Year Award (Bo Bichette, George Springer), there were many deserving Blue Jays that lost out on the opportunity to be acknowledged for their performances.

However, a couple of Blue Jays have managed to finally get recognized for their outstanding achievement during the past season. Both Guerrero Jr. and Bichette were named to the 2025 All-MLB team. Guerrero found himself on the All-MLB first team as a first baseman while Bichette secured the shortstop position on the All-MLB second team.

A couple of Blue Jays finally recognized for their outstanding 2025 performances

Guerrero put together a strong 2025 campaign in which he posted a .292 average, .848 OPS, along with 96 runs scored, 34 doubles, 23 home runs and 84 RBIs in 156 games played during the regular season.

More significantly, he was the clear offensive driving force for the Blue Jays during their phenomenal postseason run where he batted a blistering .397 with a 1.289 OPS, with 18 runs scored, eight home runs and 15 RBIs in 18 playoff games while taking home ALCS MVP honours in the process.

As for Bichette, he had a huge bounce back season this year with Toronto after a disappointing, injury-riddled 2024 campaign. In typical elite Bo form, he compiled a stellar .311 batting average, .840 OPS, 78 runs scored, 44 doubles, 18 home runs and a team-leading 94 RBIs in 139 games played. He showed his true value when he came back during the World Series in the MLB Playoffs despite not at 100% full health to help the Blue Jays in any way that he could.

In the end, Bichette batted .348 with a .922 OPS, along with six RBIs in 23 at-bats during the postseason. He also nearly had the championship-clinching home run that held up until very late in the game.

For a Blue Jays season in which numerous members of the team had exceptional performances to help fuel Toronto in their magical run to the World Series, it was quite surprising that they didn’t receive more awards than they have to date. But with both Vladdy and Bo landing on the All-MLB teams this week, at least some voters finally got something right.