#george-springer

#george-springer

It all began in Kansas City a week ago when Nathan Lukes was robbed by the replay review room in New York, in two straight innings. The 20-minute sequence was as bizarre as it gets, and it marked the first recent incident that has left Jays fans scratching their heads. In the third, Brandon Lowe launched a three-run homer, which Lukes had timed up with a big leap at the wall. When he was on his way down, center fielder Myles Straw was waving to the Blue Jays' dugout, signalling a challenge. A fan had reached to make the catch too, but it looked like it most definitely got in the way of Lukes, who was also trying to get his glove on the ball.

That breaks the record once held by White, who starred as the Blue Jays centerfielder during Toronto's glory days when the team won back-to-back World Series championships in 1992 and '93. Springer is now just 19 home runs shy of the all-time MLB record of 81 lead off home runs, which is held by the late-great Rickey Henderson, who, ironically, usurped White as the teams leadoff hitter in the second half of '93 when Henderson was traded to the Blue Jays.

Could the Toronto Blue Jays have not one, but two candidates for Comeback Player of the Year? After frustrating seasons in 2024, both George Springer and Bo Bichette have made their mark on 2025 in a big way, while looking like the stars that fans expected them to be from the jump. Not only has their resurgence onto the scene reignited their own careers, but it's also been a driving force behind the Jays' push to October.