Jesse Rubinoff

And we saw a lot last year where one or two guys in the lineup would really kick it up a notch, and it would have this trickle-down effect throughout the rest of the lineup.

So you see again today, Okamoto has a monster home run, which we'll talk about a little bit later, just how effortless his power seems.

But then you get into the mild straws of the Davis Schneider, Brandon Valenzuela with an absolute missile of his own.

And that's the type of thing that you saw a lot last year.

One guy steps up and everybody else follows through.

And you're starting to see it more and more regularly with this team.

And boy, are they looking dangerous when they have that many contributions up and down the lineup?

It's a very reminiscent win of the 2025 season.

Honestly, I hope I'm there for that game because I would love to have it.

This guy is just...

you're starting to see everything, every reason why the Blue Jays were so high on him and gave them the contract.

For Okamoto.

Yeah, definitely.

It's got to be all quesadillas for Riara.

He's just... Because not only is it the home run, but it's also the base hit that ties the game

two innings later right in the eighth inning so he's he's getting more and more comfortable and chris was talking about it chris larue was talking about it on the broadcast how the average for so long was right around the mendoza line this season and you're up to 235 for okamoto and suddenly it looks like a much bigger threat and a guy who even when barger comes back now and obviously uh

Terrible for George Springer to go down, and we'll talk about that too.

But to have Okamoto behind Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

now, having the damage that his bat can cause is so massive for this team, and it's just beautiful to see.

Because this is what fans do, and this is what people who love a baseball team and love a sports team do.