Coming into 2026, the last season of his six-year, $150 million contract with the Jays, we really didn’t know what to expect. He had a couple of very good seasons, a couple of fairly average season and a poor season. In 2026, coming off his best season of the five, who knew what would happen at age 36?
Well….
| Season | Age | WAR | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ | TB | GIDP | HBP | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36 | 0.6 | 126 | 517 | 462 | 59 | 115 | 23 | 2 | 15 | 54 | 12 | 2 | 47 | 95 | .249 | .321 | .405 | .726 | 99 | 187 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Generated 10/17/2026.
Baseball Reference has him at a 0.6 WAR, FanGraphs at 0.9 giving him a value of $7.1 million to the Jays.
He had a wOBA of .320 (down from .408 last year) and a wRC+ of 105 (down from 166).
Compared
to 2025, Springer’s walk rate was down (9.1% from 11.8), and his strikeout rate was down slightly (18.4% from 18.9).
His line-drive rate was way down (17.1% from 21.7), the ground ball rate was way down (44.7% from 37.3), and the fly-ball rate was down (38.2% from 40.9). Fewer of his fly balls left the park (10.6% from 20.0%).
George’s hard contact rate almost exactly the same (35.2% from 35.3), and the soft contact rate about the same as well (15.7% from 16.1).
Springer’s BABIP was .282 (way down from .340 last year).
Like the last three years, George hit RHP (.265/.337/417) much better than LHP (.213/.285/.376)
He hit much better at home (.271/.354/.449) than on the road (.223/.282/.353).
George hit .248/.320/.381 with RISP and .254/.324/.425 with the bases empty.
He hit much better in the second half (.288/.344/.444) than in the first half (.218/.303/.374) much like he did last year.
Springer by month:
- April: .217/.309/.383 with 2 home runs, 8 walks and 15 strikeouts in 16 games.
- May: .208/.276/.344 with 3 home runs, 7 walks and 19 strikeouts in 24 games.
- June: .239/.340/.398 with 3 home runs, 13 walks and 22 strikeouts in 23 games.
- July: .290/.362/.516 with 4 home runs, 7 walks and 8 strikeouts in 16 games.
- August: .321/.370/.488 with 2 home runs, 7 walks and 16 strikeouts in 27 games.
- September: .222/.273/.319 with 1 home run, 5 walks and 15 strikeouts in 17 games.
Defensively? Well, he played just two games, 16 innings in left field, so lets ignore that.
FanGraphs has him at a 1.0 runs above average as a baserunner. He was 12 for 14 as a base stealer. Exellent job, George.
Springer’s games started by his spot in the batting order:
- 1st: 62 games, hitting .222/.309/.379.
- 2nd: 9 games, hitting ..250/.333/.400.
- 4th: 44 games, hitting .282/.335/446.
My memory is terrible I thought he hit further down in the order some. He was pretty good in the cleanup spot.
Favourite team to face: He was 7 for 11, with a homer and 3 doubles in 3 games against the Mariners (.636/.667/1.848). He hit .314/.366/.514 in 11 game vs. the Red Sox
Least favourite: Rangers, .095/.136/.095 in 6 games.
The Jays were 59-56 in his starts.
Longest hitting streak: 10 games. Longest on base streak: 18 games.
Longest streak without a home run: 23 games. Longest hitless streak: 4 games.
Random Baseball Savant Numbers:
- Hard Hit %: 39th percentile.
- Sweet-Spot %: 13th percentile.
- Bat Speed: 62nd percentile.
- Strikeout %: 67th percentile.
- Walk %: 50th percentile.
- Sprint Speed: 36th percentile.
Presuming his time with the Blue Jays is over, this is where he is on the Jays leader boards:
- WAR Position Players: 22nd, 14.8.
- Batting Average: 36th, .260.
- On-Base %: 22nd, .340.
- Slugging: 22nd, .452.
- OPS: 25th, .791.
- Games 25th, 776.
- Runs Scored: 13th, 474.
- Hits: 26th, 763.
- Home runs: 11th, 134.
- Walks: 1th, 337.
- Stolen Base %: 1st, 87.50.
During his 6-year, $150 million contract, FanGraphs says he added $124.8 million in value for the Jays, so he wasn’t the bargain Kevin Gausman was, but he wasn’t all that terrible either. Of course, they likely paid him a few million for all the commercial he made.
Like Gausman, it’s been fun watching Springer for the last few years. He has been a lot of fun. He obviously enjoys playing baseball, enjoys his teammates and the fans. I like guys like that. I think if you paid me a hundred million dollars to play a kids’ game, you couldn’t wipe the smile off my face.
He does a bit of everything on offence; he has power, takes walks, and steals bases. I don’t think I’d use him as a leadoff man as much as the Jays did, but that’s a small thing. He definitely has charisma. I’m sure he could go into broadcasting, if he wanted to, but with the money he has, I can’t imagine that he would want to do anything other than spend time with his family.
Springer turned 37 back in September. I wouldn’t be looking to re-sign him, but someone might see value in having him in their clubhouse and in the batter’s box. I don’t know if anyone would offer him enough money to make him want to stay away from his family for eight months, but we’ll see.
Before the season, we asked:
Will Springer’s bWAR be closer to 2025’s 4.8 or 2024’s 1.1? Well, 80.8% of us were wrong because we were optimists.
If the over/under on Springers games played in the outfield is 50, I’d take the; most of us (87.6%) were right to take the under.
We also asked whether the Jays would offer him a contract after this season. We don’t know the answer yet, but 54% said no, and I think they are likely right, but it is yet to be seen.
