Bo Bichette is on one of those surges that can carry an offence for several weeks.
Amidst Monday’s 15-1 blowout victory over the Colorado Rockies, the Toronto Blue Jays’ superstar shortstop was front and centre yet again, leading the way with his remarkable 3-for-6 performance — two of those hits left the yard at the hitter-friendly Coors Field — and career-high six RBIs.
Entering the series opener, Bichette had never homered at the Rockies’ home ballpark, the same place his dad, Dante, blasted 111 career home runs across 14 major league seasons. But all that changed a night ago, as he hit not one, but two round-trippers — recording his ninth career multi-homer performance and first since Sep. 5, 2022.
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The second of Bichette’s two blasts travelled a projected 434 feet — his longest home run in 2025 — to bump his total up to 15 on the season, three shy of George Springer’s team-leading 18.
“I wanted to hit a homer here,” Bichette told reporters post-game, including MLB.com’s Keegan Matheson. “I don’t think it really felt how I thought it might feel, but I wanted to get one.”
This type of performance from Bichette had been brewing for the past couple of weeks. From his 13-pitch at-bat versus Tarik Skubal to going a franchise-best 9-for-9 on the club’s previous road trip through Detroit and Baltimore, he’s been building towards his best stretch of the campaign, which is now upon us.
And it couldn’t have arrived at a better time.
Since July 6, Bichette has been one of the best hitters in the sport, slashing .404/.451/.644 with a 205 wRC+ (100 league average), ranking second among qualified major league hitters in AVG and OBP — trailing only rookie sensation Nick Kurtz in both categories — with his 24 RBIs tied for fifth-most.
No other player has recorded more hits than Bichette — a two-time AL hits leader from 2021-22 — who currently leads the majors with 141, 11 more than the next closest hitter (Manny Machado).
The Blue Jays are a much different team when Bichette is performing at his peak. And, as pesky as he is at the plate, fouling tough pitches off, grinding out the opposition and lining balls down the first-base foul line, power is his biggest separator.
“Him and Vladdy are kind of the same,” manager John Schneider said. “They’re up there with hard-hit balls in the league and it just depends on if you clip a mistake or you get the ball out in front a little bit. When he’s hitting the ball over the fence, it’s just a really, really complete hitter.”
Prior to this offensive surge, Bichette had shown improvement from his injury-plagued 2024 campaign, which cost him half the season, but he remained around a league-average hitter. At least statistically, hitting .270/.308/.420 with a 101 wRC+ over his first 86 games.
This recent stretch, however, has seen his overall results increase dramatically, earning him a much-improved .299/.340/.469 slash line and 124 wRC+ to go along with his 15 home runs and 74 RBIs.
When one of your best hitters — and biggest clubhouse leaders — is running this hot offensively, it allows everyone else to fall in place behind him, further strengthening Toronto’s potent one-through-nine lineup.
“This is just a great group. It’s a lot of guys willing to do whatever it takes to win,” Bichette said. “That rubs off on everybody and that’s my only focus coming to the field, how I can help the team win. It seems to be everybody else’s as well. It’s just a great group to be a part of.”
After dropping consecutive series versus Baltimore and Kansas City, doing so for the first time since May, the Blue Jays desperately needed a clunker against the Rockies on Monday. This is the perfect time and hitting environment for their offence to reset after losing a bit of steam last week.
With series versus the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs up next, these next two games in Colorado should also feel like a pair of tune-ups before a more revealing test begins versus two of the NL’s premier clubs.