INF Will Wagner

Wagner also made the team out of camp as a utility option off the bench, but he also wasn’t able to make the most of his opportunity. He hit just .186 in 20 games and had an OPS+ of 47.
While Wagner had a great walk rate (11.8%), he wasn’t able to do much when he put the ball in play, as he had a hard-hit rate of just 37.8% to go along with a strikeout rate of 22.1%.
Wagner’s Bisons tenure got off to a good start (.267 average with two home runs in eight games), but it came to a screeching halt last week when he was placed on the minor league 7-Day injured list after he fouled a ball off his foot.
Wagner entered camp with a lot of hype after a strong showing in 2024, but he failed to build on that during his first stint with the Blue Jays in 2025.
OF Joey Loperfido
The first player on this list who hasn’t played in MLB yet this year, Loperfido played in 43 games with the Blue Jays last season and hit just .197 with two home runs.
Loperfideo’s been a mainstay in the Bisons lineup this year (he leads the team with 148 at-bats), and has made the most of those opportunities. He’s slashing .257/.339/.405 this year with five home runs and 23 RBI, which has been good for a wRC+ of 103.
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— Buffalo Bisons (@BuffaloBisons) May 8, 2025
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While Blue Jays acquired Loperfido with the thinking that’d be a key piece of their outfield picture in the future, his path to the roster got a little tougher after the team signed Anthony Santander in the offseason along with trading for Myles Straw.
Still, his team debut this season seems like a matter of “when,” not “if.”
INF Orelvis Martinez
The last time we checked in on Martinez, he was heating up after a slow start to the season.
And while he’s cooled off again in the three weeks since (.180 batting average in 12 games), he’s also slugged three homers in that span, which pretty much sums up the Martinez experience.
He’s never going to be mistaken for Tony Gwynn in the batter’s box, but he also has the ability to send every pitch thrown his way into orbit.
The Blue Jays’ offense has started to hit for more power (their 23 home runs in May is seventh in MLB), so there isn’t as much of a need for Martinez on the current roster as there was earlier in the year. He's slashing .197/.287/.378.
That said, it seems like we’ll see Martinez at some point this year.