It nearly took them eight weeks, but the Blue Jays finally posted their first winning road trip of the season. One could argue they should have won five or six of those games in Detroit and New York rather than four, but the confines of Rogers Centre should be a sight for sore eyes for many Blue Jays hitters.

It should shock no one that the Jays are one of the worst-performing teams on the road in 2026 at 10-16, compared to a slightly above-average team at home. Last season, the Blue Jays held their own with a 40-41 away record, but their road results put them in the bottom-third of MLB this year.

At least for the next seven games, the Blue Jays can enjoy the creature comforts of home. Some Toronto hitters feast on home cooking more than others, while the rest of them have yet to find their footing in the batter’s box at Rogers Centre.

The best home hitter to date in the Blue Jays lineup has been Jesus Sanchez. With all five of his home runs on the season hit at home, which is boosting his wRC+ to 167, he is clearly seeing the ball well at Rogers Centre.

The power display Sanchez put up during the Blue Jays’ season-opening series against the Athletics was a tantalizing preview of the power in his bat, but he’s gone ice cold since, especially on the road. It’s easy to see why the Blue Jays saw potential in Sanchez, thanks to his elite bat speed and hard hit rate metrics.

When Sanchez connects, he sends the ball to the moon, but the swing and miss has always been a flaw in his game. Because he walks so infrequently, Sanchez doesn’t have his plate discipline to fall back on if he’s going through a cold streak at the plate.

A bit of a freak anomaly is the fact that Sanchez, Ernie Clement and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. are all hitting .313 at home, but they’re all getting there a different way. Sanchez with power, Vladdy with singles, and Clement with his signature bat-on-ball approach.

I also would never have expected Andres Gimenez to own the second-best slugging percentage on the team at home this year at .462. Even if he keeps up this clip, don’t expect Gimenez to hit in the top-half of the batting order, but he’s already crept up a few positions to get some licks at the sixth, seventh and eighth position.

This is a lineup that includes plenty of 30-plus home run power hitters like George Springer, Daulton Varsho and Addison Barger, and yet it’s the light-hitting shortstop in Gimenez who is the second-biggest power threat at home this year.

Guerrero’s lack of slug this season has been well-documented, but the most alarming number on that chart is Vladdy’s .060 Isolated Power. Sure, that 137 wRC+ is nice, but when it’s predominantly elevated with a boatload of singles, it’s the equivalent of cheap calories. It’s a lot of popcorn, not a lot of protein.

Guerrero was supposed to be one of the best raw power hitters on the Blue Jays (and for the foreseeable future of his 14-year contract), and yet he’s performing at home like one of the worst. He has five extra-base hits (all doubles), with no home runs at Rogers Centre through 24 games.

His lack of damage on fastballs is especially concerning, as Vlad is now starting to chase pitchers’ pitches outside of the zone and making poor swing decisions early in counts. The brief bit of power he showed at Comerica Park last weekend was encouraging, but that extra-base power needs to be carried over into home contests.

Guerrero is on track to have the single worst month of his eight-year career in slugging percentage, OPS, and OPS+. There’s still a chunk of the month left to play, but the calendar cannot turn to June fast enough for another hitter in the Blue Jays lineup.

George Springer gets a bit of a free pass due to playing through a fractured toe injury, but he’s another fixture who has taken a major step backward when it comes to coming up clutch at home. Just like Vladdy, Springer has been ice cold in May, and it will take a strong last week of May to prevent the 36-year-old from posting one of the worst seasons of his career.

Springer posted a 183 wRC+ at home last season, which was far and away the best numbers by any Blue Jay in 2025, and second only to Aaron Judge as the best home hitter in all of baseball. Through the first two-ish months of the season, Springer’s numbers are among the lowest of any Blue Jays regular.

These total numbers are a microcosm of what’s gone wrong for the Blue Jays in 2026: not enough damage, and too many singles. It’s been odd to witness this team deviate from a team-wide approach that worked so well last season, yet look like a shell of their former selves in 2026.

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