2 Blue Jays best taking advantage of 2025 auditions this year, 1 who is struggling

1 Blue Jay who isn’t doing himself any favours in securing a role for 2025

Davis Schneider 

The expectations for Davis Schneider was high coming into 2024. After all, he made a huge impression with his scintillating debut with the Jays during the final two months of the season last year. On one hand, he did nothing but mash the ball at the plate by hitting a solid .276 with a 1.008 OPS, 12 doubles, 8 home runs and 20 RBI in just 35 games played. On the other hand, he also showed his versatility in the field by playing solid defense in the outfield and at third base, in addition to his usual spot at second.

However, despite having a huge start to the 2024 season, his offensive regression that subsequently followed has truly dampened what was supposedly his breakout year with the Jays. Looking at the numbers, Schneider has managed to still put up 38 runs scored, 18 doubles, 10 home runs and 37 RBI worth of production on the season. However, the bulk of it had come all within the first two months of the year.

Since the beginning of June, Schneider has practically fallen off a cliff, as he has posted an abysmal .174 batting average, .504 OPS, along with just 13 runs scored, 5 doubles, 3 home runs and 8 RBI over his past 52 games entering Saturday. More worrisome had been the fact that he has appeared overmatched at the plate by opposing pitchers in recent times while striking out at a greater than 30% rate.

Unless Schneider can start making the appropriate adjustments to handle MLB pitching, his current funk isn’t doing him any favours right now and for the future. Forget about securing a starting gig, if he keeps this up, his potential spot on the 26-man roster could be in jeopardy as well. As a result, he will need to bounce back with a big final few weeks of this season to get himself back in the conversation for the 2025 plans with the Jays.