Blue Jays well represented among the Top 20 playoff performers of 2025

When you make Game 7 of the World Series and come within two outs of winning a title, odds are a lot of your players had a really good postseason. Such is the case for the Toronto Blue Jays, who came agonizingly close to toppling the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Fall Classic. From Trey Yesavage's rookie breakout in October to Max Scherzer's tremendous Game 7 start, a lot of players stepped up to bring the Jays to the cusp of glory.

As such, it shouldn't be a surprise to find out that Toronto was very well represented on MLB.com's Top 20 playoff performers of 2025.

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At No. 2 on the list was Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who was undoubtedly the Blue Jays' October MVP. After hitting .397/.494/.795 (241 wRC+) and breaking the franchise's all-time postseason home run record, he had a strong case for the top spot, though World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto triumphed... again. Gross.

Trey Yesavage was the next Jays player to appear on the list, at No. 4, which is about right after his historically-great rookie performance in the postseason. After throwing just 14.0 MLB innings in the regular season, he nearly doubled that mark in October while recording a 3.58 ERA and 35.8% strikeout rate. The team went 4-1 in his starts, including wins in both Game 1 and Game 5 of the World Series.

Ernie Clement followed him at No. 5, though he arguably deserved a higher placement after breaking MLB's all-time postseason hits record (it truly was a historic October). The infielder slashed .411/.416/.562 on his way to a 171 wRC+.

Addison Barger ranked sixth, on the back of the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history. He hit three home runs and walked in nearly 12% of his plate appearances en route to a .367/.441/.583 (188 wRC+) slash line.

George Springer rounded out the Blue Jays' constituents at seventh, giving the team five players in the top seven and all four entrants between Nos. 4-7. He hit .284/.347/.552 (147 wRC+) with four home runs, including the most important blast in Toronto history since Joe Carter 'touched 'em all.'

That quintet was the only Blue Jays representation on the list, but there were really good cases to be made for Alejandro Kirk (five home runs, .842 OPS), Kevin Gausman (2.93 ERA and 30 2/ innings), and Jeff Hoffman (1.46 ERA, 13.1 K/9) too. I suppose that it's only fair that the whole list couldn't be comprised of Dodgers and Blue Jays players.