The Toronto Blue Jays are having a season to remember. It didn't start out too well when the club initially struggled to find their footing in 2025, but the club has since surged into first place in the rugged AL East with a three game lead over the New York Yankees. The Blue Jays have won eleven straight games at home and possess the most home wins by an AL team with 36. Heady stuff for a team that six months ago was wondering who would take their money.
Without further ado, let's rank some of the most important home victories this season. Rogers Centre is certainly a great place to watch baseball when the home team is knocking the cover off the ball.
Biggest Blue Jays Home Wins This Season
4. Alejandro Kirk wins it against ex-teammate Jordan Romano
The matchup with the Philadephia Phillies in early June was seen as a benchmark for the Toronto Blue Jays as they attempted to gain forward momentum. Could they match up with the offensive firepower in the City of Brotherly Love? Could they score runs against the vaunted Phillies' starting rotation?
Another delicious storyline surrounded former Jays closer Jordan Romano, who signed a one-year, $8.5 million contract with the Phillies in the offseason. Romano lugged a 7.36 ERA into that game and the Jays went to work in the bottom of the ninth inning with the score tied.
Romano yielded a single to Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who later proceeded to steal his first bag of the season. A smile appeared on the slugger's face as he jumped off the second base bag. After Addison Barger struck out, Kirk fouled off some tough pitches before lacing a 97 mph four-seam fastball into right field for the game-winning RBI single.
Kirk has been a godsend for the Jays this season. What a masterstroke by the front office in signing him to be a key member of the long term core. Also worth mentioning how Jeff Hoffman on the Blue Jays side is moving into the closer role and largely shrugging off concerns about his injury history.
3. Blue Jays clobber Yankees on Canada Day
Canada Day. Enough said. The Blue Jays put on a show for the home crowd on the first of July. With the rival Yankees in town, Toronto exploded for 12 runs thanks to a scintillating George Springer offensive performance. Springer went 3-4 with two home runs, a walk and seven RBIs. His fourth inning bomb cut the Yankees lead to 2-1 and re-awakened the Rogers Centre crowd.
The Blue Jays would allow the Yankees to tie the game on account of sloppy defense. No matter as Toronto flipped the tables on the Yankees thanks to a catcher's interference and a clutch Ernie Clement RBI single. The very next batter was Springer, and he smashed a grand slam off Luke Weaver to give the Jays a lead they would never relinquish.
GEORGE SPRINGER
— MLB (@MLB) July 1, 2025
GRAND SLAM
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What a game and what a way to make a statement against the Yankees, who held a five-and-a-half-game lead in the division on June 1. This victory shaved the margin down to one game. By the time this series was over the Jays had captured first place in the division.
2. Vlad Kills The Red Sox Too
The Blue Jays and the Red Sox play tight and competitive games seemingly every time they match up, with games in April and early May going down to the wire. In late April, they split the first two games at Rogers Centre with the rubber match producing a memorable early season victory.
Red Sox starter Tanner Houck had thrown a gem against the Blue Jays before reliever Justin Slaten come on for the eighth inning. With one out, he yielded a single to Nathan Lukes and a double to Bo Bichette. Then, for whatever reason, the Red Sox decided to pitch to Guerrero Jr. with first base open. Guerrero Jr. made them pay on the seventh pitch of the plate appearance with a go-ahead three-run home run that sunk the Red Sox.
There is a reason Guerrero Jr. is getting paid the big bucks and the Red Sox learned that lesson the hard way. They played with fire and it burned them.
1. Jays sweep a home stand against Anaheim
At this point, a natural observation would be to wonder how the Jays can keep up this momentum. They just swept the Yankees. Plus, they had grabbed the first two games of a series against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
With the score tied 2-2 in the bottom of the sixth against the Angels, the Jays once again found their way to a clutch offensive rally. Bichette and Kirk both reached base in front of Davis Schneider. Schneider then poked a four-seam fastball against Tyler Anderson for an RBI single that gave Toronto the lead.
Schneider has produced a couple of good moments this season. He doesn't play all that much, but has become a reliable option off the bench for a team that has designs on playing deep into the regular season. In 35 games, he has a .218/.358/.436 with five home runs and 11 RBIs.
The Blue Jays have 29 more home games remaining in the regular season and at this rate they are gearing up to provide plenty more opportunities to create memorable moments at the Rogers Centre before it's all said and done.
