Baseball fans stunned Blue Jays' George Springer didn't win Comeback Player of the Year Award
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In a year that Toronto Blue Jays DH George Springer turned back the clock and delivered arguably the best season of his career, 2025 hasn't been good to him as far as accolades go.
Despite suffering a heartbreaking loss in Game 7 of the World Series, the 2025 season was a massive success, as the Blue Jays made a deep postseason run and captured its first AL East title in nine years.
Veteran right-handed slugger George Springer was a driving force behind that success.
Entering his age-35 season, expectations were low for Springer, whose production had steadily declined since he signed a six-year, $150 million deal with the Blue Jays in 2021.
However in 2025, he turned back the clock and delivered arguably the best season of his career.
Springer posted a .309 batting average, .399 on-base percentage, .959 OPS, 32 home runs and 84 RBIs across 140 games.
Springer was a consistent presence at the top of the lineup and a vocal leader in the clubhouse, helping guide a young roster through the grind of a playoff chase.
His performance reminded fans why Toronto made the investment four years ago, and it earned him a seventh-place finish for AL MVP (via Keegan Matheson of MLB.com).
George Springer finished 7th in AL MVP Award voting. A remarkable season in every way. Few players in baseball exceeded expectation like Springer did and he did it at 36. The most important player, I'd argue, on the 2025 Blue Jays
Despite his efforts in 2025, he didn't win any awards. Springer was not named to the All-MLB first or second teams during Thursday night's MLB Awards Show.
However, the biggest shock was that he did not win the Comeback Player of the Year award.
Springer's 2025 campaign is the epitome of what that award means. The definition actually.
«The Comeback Player of the Year Awards are presented annually to one player in each league who has re-emerged on the field during the season. The 30 club beat reporters from MLB.com selected the winners from an original list of 30 candidates (one per MLB club). The award debuted in 2005.»
Springer posted a career-worst .674 OPS in 2024 to a .959 in 2025 which made him the best candidate for the award, but instead it went to Texas Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom.
Not just Blue Jays fans, but baseball fans in general were stunned about the Springer Snub
Are you 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 kidding me. Of all the MLB Awards mistakes, George Springer not winning comeback player of the year is completely incomprehensible.
Was George Springer robbed of CPOY????🤔
As a George Springer hater, Springer got robbed bad on this
- John Schneider should have been AL MOY
- Either Ernie Clement should have won a GG if using DRS, OR the Jays should have won the team GG if using FRV
- Alejandro Kirk should have won a GG
- George Springer should have won CPOY
The Jays got absolutely shafted in the awards.
- Either Ernie Clement should have won a GG if using DRS, OR the Jays should have won the team GG if using FRV
- Alejandro Kirk should have won a GG
- George Springer should have won CPOY
The Jays got absolutely shafted in the awards.
While he didn't receive an award, Springer's 2025 was still a resounding success. With renewed energy heading into the final year of his contract, he remains a decorated veteran with four All-Star selections and three Silver Slugger Awards.
The 2026 season could be his last shot to deliver a championship to the Blue Jays.
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