Jeff Passan has a blunt assessment of the Blue Jays' June swoon

In a season that has been defined by some tough stretches, June may have been the toughest one thus far for the Toronto Blue Jays. The reigning AL Champions couldn't get anything going over a consistent stretch and went 11-15 overall in the month, and getting outscored 129-101.

It wasn't as bad as their 10-16 start in April, but that month, many people were giving the Blue Jays the benefit of the doubt considering the number of injuries they endured right out of the gate.

But as the Blue Jays have gotten some players back to the MLB roster and the schedule started to favour them, the Blue Jays somehow made things worse for themselves, according to ESPN analyst Jeff Passan. In fact, Passan tabbed the Blue Jays as the biggest losers of the month in all of baseball.

Passan wrote, "Given ample opportunity to reassert themselves as a threat in an AL with scant few, the Toronto Blue Jays posted the worst record in the league in June. While Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s power outage is the Jays' primary concern, their starting rotation -- supposedly a strength -- allowed 24 home runs in 109 innings last month. Since dipping under .500 in early April, the Blue Jays haven't been back over that mark. Twice they've gotten to even, only to follow with four straight losses the first time and six consecutive the second time."

Passan went on to add that the Blue Jays that went all the way to Game 7 of last years World Series against the LA Dodgers is hiding somewhere in this clubhouse. But they need to come out of hibernation soon, or this whole season will end up looking like a write off.

Blue Jays need to bottle up their Canada Day win and get on a roll

If there is any silver lining it's that June is now over and the Blue Jays are 1-0 in the month of July. A huge win on Canada Day over the New York Mets was the first time in a long time in which the Blue Jays not only led a game, but they led by a wide margin and allowed themselves to relax over the last few innings, before the final out was recorded.

The Blue Jays led 9-0 going into the eighth inning and Patrick Corbin, who was moved into a bullpen role instead of getting the start, looked strong over his five innings pitched. Although it's much easier to look strong when you have a nine run lead to work with. Considering it was tabbed as a bullpen day, the fact the Blue Jays only needed three pitchers is also a major win. Brayden Fisher played the opener role and recorded a strikeout and a walk and got through the top of the first unscathed.

Spencer Miles took over for the next three innings and allowed just one hit and one walk, while striking out five of the Mets hitters and improving to 4-1 on the year with a 2.83 ERA. He threw just 46 pitches in those three innings, with 34 of those pitches landing for strikes. Corbin then came in and was credited with a save, the first time he's recorded a save at the MLB level since 2016.

Canada was also marked as a turning point in the Blue Jays' 2025 season. That was the day George Springer hit a grand slam in the Blue Jays' 12-5 come back win over the division leading New York Yankees. It led them to a four-game sweep of the Bronx Bombers, and put Toronto in first place in the AL East by the end of the series. The Blue Jays didn't relinquish that lead the rest of the way, winning the division in a tiebreaking over the Yankees.

However, there is one major difference between this year and last year. The Blue jays finished the day with a record of 47-38 on Canada Day 2025. This year they are now 41-46 and have a ton of work to do just to get back to .500.

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