The Toronto Blue Jays don’t have a lot to celebrate right now. The club continues to slip under .500 baseball and is one loss away from being swept at home by the Texas Rangers. Things just haven’t been trending in the right direction for the Jays, who swept the Boston Red Sox just a couple of weeks ago.

While the club itself has struggled as a whole, one player has been quietly swinging a strong bat amidst the chaos.

Through his last seven games, Andres Gimenez has seven hits over his last 19 at-bats, including two doubles and one RBI. This has culminated in a .368/.400/.474 slash line. Moving the sample size to 15 games and 44 at-bats, Gimenez is still finding some contact at the bottom of the order.

The left-handed hitting infielder owns a .318/.354/.477 slash line through the expanded timeframe, including one home run, four RBIs, and three stolen bases – all of which came against the Red Sox on June 17th. Through this sample size, he has four multi-hit games, and when the hits start flowing, they are coming in bunches. Gimenez has stretches where he finds ways on base consistently, including two stretches of four days with consecutive hits, and is now riding a two-game stretch against the Rangers where he has four hits since Friday evening’s game.

Gimenez is a widely inconsistent player overall. He starts the season off on a hot streak, leading the Jays in numerous offensive categories, and then starts to fizzle out as mid-April starts to come around. It’s a trend that followed the Venezuelan product last season, and one that is coming back again in 2026, barring an unexpected run right now.

On the season, Gimenez owns a .240/.282/.380 slash line with a .662 OPS. He’s also tacked on 13 doubles and seven home runs, which is a stronger showing than what the Jays got from the infielder last season. Through 329 at-bats, Gimenez struggled to a .210/.285/.313 after his hot start, and finished the year with 11 doubles, seven home runs, and 35 RBIs.

For comparison’s sake, with 71 fewer at-bats this season, he’s already surpassed his doubles total from last season and has tied his home run tally from the 2025 season with under half of the season to go. He’s also one mark shy of his RBI total from last season, as well as two bases short of the 12 stolen bases he tacked on in his debut season for the Jays.

Gimenez isn’t the engine that runs the Blue Jays offense, but it’s nice to see some contributions from those further down in the lineup when things are a mess ahead of him. Getting some consistent at-bats from the veteran infielder will be a huge boost for a club that is just looking for anything to provide some spark when the big bats are struggling to put something together.

Stay ahead of the first pitch! From breaking news, unexpected trades and must-read analysis, BlueJaysNation delivers the insight serious Jays fans rely on—straight to your inbox. Sign up for the Bluejaysnation newsletter here!