Kazuma Okamoto's first MLB home run shows exactly how he can be a Blue Jays star
This is a special swing.
Kazuma Okamoto's first MLB home run shows exactly how he can be a Blue Jays star originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Kazuma Okamoto's first MLB home run was a special moment simply because of what it was.
It was also special, though, because of what it represents for the future of the Toronto Blue Jays . Simply put, it revealed that Okamoto genuinely should have staying power in Major League Baseball. He's on a four-year, $60 million contract with Toronto to come over from NPB in Japan, and there's always a little bit of uncertainty about how such a move might work.
Okamoto showed in just one swing that it's going to work out great. This was the home run on Sunday for Okamoto: Kazuma Okamoto just hit his first home run in Major League Baseball. What a debut this has been for the Japanese star with the #BlueJays pic.
twitter. com/vZFKNs9sI7 ā Keegan Matheson (@KeeganMatheson) March 29, 2026 MORE: Yankees break franchise record set by 1908 New York Highlanders The key: opposite field power. Good hitters don't luck into crushed home runs the other way.