Blue Jays' Kazuma Okamoto took a wild turn in recent games
Kaz is a bit of a streaky hitter.
Blue Jays' Kazuma Okamoto took a wild turn in recent games originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Kazuma Okamoto had turned into the hottest hitter on the Toronto Blue Jays .
Only a couple weeks ago, the Japanese import was proving exactly why the Jays gave him a four-year, $60 million contract to be their third baseman. Things change quickly in baseball, though. Right now, Okamoto is ice cold.
He's 2 for his last 34 with 18 strikeouts. He looks absolutely lost at the plate. kaz okamoto is 2 for his last 34 with 18 strikeouts.
this is the streakiest hitter i've seen in my life ā Joe Wolfond (@joey_doubleyou) May 23, 2026 MORE: Why Cam Schlittler used BABIP as a verb There are a couple layers of trickiness here. The first is that hitters get cold. It happens to the best of them.