Toronto Blue Jays Hitters of the Month - March/April 2026

The start of 2026 has produced some legendary “remembering guys” conversations for Blue Jays fans about 10 years from now. Eloy Jiménez, Lenyn Sosa, and Brandon Valenzuela each received upwards of 30 plate appearances for the Jays this month thanks to an almost unprecedented string of injuries. It’s an easy excuse, but Toronto’s 14-17 record in the month is not where we or the team expected it to be.

With the caveat that the Jays missed George Springer, Addison Barger and Alejandro Kirk for the majority of the month, I present to you the Toronto Blue Jays, who finished the first month of the season with the 25th-ranked offense according to wRC+, 29th-ranked offense according to xwOBA, and 26th-ranked offense in actual runs scored.

It didn’t help that when the Jays did get runners in scoring position, they tied for the worst wRC+ in baseball.

It’s worth noting that this time last year, we were having a very similar discussion about the state of the 2025 Blue Jays offense after April, and as the team continues to get healthy, the race for the top spot on this list should get tighter throughout the season.

With all that being said, there were a few guys who had a very positive month and deserve some flowers for helping to keep this team’s head above water through all of the injuries.

Toronto Blue Jays Hitters of the Month

3. Kazuma Okamoto - .218/.301/.373, 5 HR, 13 BB, 38 K, 90 wRC+, 0.3 fWAR
Okamoto’s appearance on this list is carried heavily by a hot start and a strong finish. The overall numbers are cratered by a seven-game stretch where he went 2-for-27. That stretch also happened to coincide with his team struggling to win baseball games, which caused Okamoto to draw some pretty heavy criticism from Jays fans.

But an adjustment to stand further back in the box late in the month helped Kaz get back on track and hit .268 with three homers in his final 47 plate appearances.

There’s still a lot of work to do to get his whiff rate and strikeout percentage – which were upwards of 30% in March/April – to somewhere reasonable, but when he’s made contact, he’s done damage. He’s running an elite hard-hit rate, barrel percentage and average exit velocity, which helped him lead the team with five homers in the first month.

The power he’s shown has been a blessing for the Jays, who hit just 26 homers in the month, the sixth lowest mark in baseball. 

The defensive statistics don’t love him, but anyone who’s watched the games knows that the third base defense has been better than advertised, and not only has he made Jays fans feel comfortable, he’s made some impressive plays coming in on baseballs.

Kazuma Okamoto earns the third spot on the first Blue Jays Hitters of the Month list of the season, and now that he’s gotten his feet wet, I think he’s only getting better from here.

2. Ernie Clement - .302/.323/.429, 1 HR, 4 BB, 9 K, 108 wRC+, 0.5 fWAR
Ernie picked up right where he left off in his legendary playoff run and got off to a hot start to 2026.

He’s been exactly the guy you remember from 2025 so far this season. His 6.9% strikeout percentage was the second lowest in baseball behind only the Giants’ Luis Arraez. All of those balls in play helped him to hit above .300 in the first month of the season, and his 13 doubles tied for the most in MLB.

The Jays have asked a lot of Clement, moving him to be the full-time second baseman, and in George Springer’s extended absence, Clement was often asked to fill in at the top of the order, either in the leadoff spot or two-hole. He was very effective, hitting .316 and .342, respectively.

Of course, as we all expected, the up-the-middle defense between Clement and Andrés Giménez has been extremely fun to watch.

0.5 fWAR in the first month of the season has Clement on pace for about another three-win season. Not bad for a guy that was cut by the Athletics a few years ago.

1. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. - .354/.438/.469, 2 HR, 15 BB, 15 K, 155 wRC+, 1.2 fWAR
Normally, a two-homer month from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. would have Jays fans throwing fits, but he did just about everything else in the batter’s box at an elite rate.

His .354 batting average was the second best mark of the month, second by just two points to Yordan Alvarez. He walked exactly as much as he struck out, and he didn’t miss a game in a month where the Jays were ravaged by injuries.

There was really no other choice for the top spot on this list.

Vlad’s 1.2 fWAR not only led the Jays, but it was double the next closest mark – Giménez and Daulton Varsho both had 0.6. Vlad was also the only Blue Jay to finish the first month with an OPS over .800, and he smashed that with a .907.

As the Jays’ lineup continues to get healthy, and he gets some of his protection back in the form of Alejandro Kirk and Addison Barger, I expect to see Vlad’s power numbers tick back up. When that happens, we could be in for an extremely special season.

Hopefully, when the next iteration of this article comes out at the end of May, the choice for the top spot is a lot tougher, but for now, the franchise player is exactly where he belongs: the top Jays hitter of the month.