The Blue Jays have been about as hot as any team in the last week. With their series sweep over the New York Yankees, and now the Los Angeles Angels, the Blue Jays are now on an 8-game winning streak.

“We’re in this win streak and it has been everybody (contributing),” Toronto’s Max Scherzer said. “Everybody has had a chance to shine.”

In this winning streak, everyone has been contributing in one way or another. Bichette and Guerrero Jr are getting on base, George Springer looks like the Springer that won World Series MVP back in 2017, and Addison Barger is playing some of the best baseball that the Jays have seen over the last couple of seasons.

Barger, only 25 years old, hit a walk-off single in the Jays’ 4-3 win over the LA Angels on Saturday afternoon, giving the Jays their seventh walk-off win of 2025, which ties them for most in the American League. In the same contest, Barger threw out Mike Trout at home plate to end the first inning, and cut down the Angels rally.

George Springer, 35, has been on one of the best hot streaks of his career. In his last 14 games, Springer has hit six home runs, and knocked in 21 RBIs for the Jays. Springer has come up in the biggest moments for Toronto, and shown up when they needed a spark.

“He’s still showing the league he can do this kind of stuff,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said.

Since 1901, only four players in their age-35 season or later have put up 15-plus home runs and 10-plus stolen bases before the All-Star break.

George Springer: 16 HR, 10 SB in 2025
Alfonso Soriano: 16 HR, 10 SB in 2013
Gary Sheffield: 21 HR, 12 SB in 2007
Reggie Sanders: 18 HR, 14 SB in 2005

Contributions come from the biggest players, but they also come from the unexpected, and the role players.

Ernie Clement walked off the first game of the Angels series, and in the Jays 4-3 extra-inning win against the Angels, reliever Lazaro Estrada pitched 4 innings of one-run ball to help keep the Jays in the game throughout the contest. Braydon Fisher pitched two innings of no-hit ball to secure the game for the Jays in extras.

Toronto currently ranks 4th in team batting average, 11th in team OPS, 5th in team saves, and 5th in team hits. On the other end, the Blue Jays rank in the bottom half of the league for most pitching statistics. Toronto’s bats have been hot for some time now, suggesting they’re playing well offensively to win games, but not well enough to win a 2-1 ball game.

The Toronto Blue Jays’ hot streak is a perfect mix of offense, defense, clutch performances, some strong pitching performances, and all around strong team chemistry. Luck in tight games does come about for this ball club, but when it matters most, this team is able to work well in the clutch and string together some runs to give their team the lead. We’ll see where the Blue Jays are standing near the end of the season, but as it stands, this baseball team looks like they’re ready to make a deep run in the postseason.