Toronto Blue Jays Odds: Will Bo Bichette ever hit a home run again?

The Toronto Blue Jays have been one of the worst offensive teams in baseball this season and it quite literally begins with their leadoff hitter, Bo Bichette.

Bichette is by no means alone in Toronto’s struggles at the plate. Outside of Wednesday’s comeback win in Boston, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hasn’t lived up to one of the biggest contracts in MLB history, Anthony Santander has been very unimpressive in his first season with the Jays and Alejandro Kirk has been an absolute blackhole of offence.

We’ll address the rest of the lineup in the coming weeks, but just like on game day, Bichette is first up to the plate.

Bichette has always been more of a contact hitter, but he still managed to put up decent power numbers for a short stop over the first few seasons of his career.

Unfortunately, he’s fallen off a cliff over the last calendar year and it’s not just costing the upcoming free agent money on his next contract, it’s costing the Blue Jays wins in the standings.

Bichette has yet to hit a home run through 30 games this season, despite having the second-most at-bats in the American League. That 30-game drought is on top of the 34 games he went without hitting a home run to end the 2024 season.

Here’s where Bichette’s struggles are really glaring. Bichette is one of 328 MLB players with at least 200 plate appearances since May 28, 2024 and he is the only one of those players without a home run in that time. He hasn’t hit a home run since May 27, 2024 against the Chicago White Sox and he finished last season with just four total homers.

Injuries were undoubtedly a factor last year. Bichette missed 10 days in June, then another two months from the middle of July to the middle of September because of a reoccurring calf injury.

That still doesn’t explain the 137 plate appearances Bichette has without a home run this season when he’s been fully healthy and played every game for Toronto.

Look, as mentioned earlier, Bichette is not alone. The Blue Jays’ 19 home runs ranks 29th in MLB and they’re on a franchise-worst home run pace through 30 games.

Whatever is going on with Toronto’s bats has to be fixed quickly, or the team risks falling out of the playoff picture entirely before the end of the month.