Daulton Varsho now has one more strange Blue Jays storyline to deal with: fans want the outfielder's walk-up song changed.
A Change.org petition titled “Change Varsho's Walk-Up Song to Save the Season” was created on April 7, and by Wednesday it had reached 396 verified signatures.
The song in the middle of it is “Ordinary.” The petition argues it does not fit the vibe for the club's 50th season or a team trying to claw out of an early skid.
That is the joke, and also the point. Blue Jays fans are searching for anything to grab onto when a bad stretch starts making every little detail feel bigger than it should. Toronto was 5-7 on Wednesday.
The petition was aimed at “Toronto Blue Jays Management” and Varsho himself, which tells you this was built as part comedy bit and part fan agitation. It also listed 38 supporter voices alongside the signatures.
From a Blue Jays angle, this is less about one song and more about the pressure around a club that has not looked settled through the first week and a half. When a season opens with noise, even walk-up music starts catching heat. That is an inference based on the petition language and Toronto's record.
Varsho is an easy player for fans to fixate on because he already brings a strong identity into the ballpark. Sportsnet highlighted last year that he helped create an original walk-up song of his own, so music is not some random detail around him.
Fans turned a slump into a soundtrack complaint
That is what makes this story stick. The petition did not ask Varsho to change his swing, his stance, or his place on the lineup card. It asked him to change the soundtrack.
There is a real Blue Jays fan instinct underneath it too. When a team is scuffling, supporters start building their own superstitions, and this one got enough traction in 1 day to become a talking point.
It also says something about Varsho's place on the roster. Fringe players do not get this kind of reaction. Fans care enough about him to turn his at-bat entrance into a running debate. That is an inference based on the public attention around the petition and Varsho's established profile with Toronto.
Schneider is not about to redraw a lineup because of a petition, and nobody inside the clubhouse is treating a walk-up track like a standings fix. But fan frustration tends to show up in weird forms before it shows up in louder ones.
For Varsho, the cleanest answer is the oldest one in the game. Start hitting, keep making plays in the field, and the music stops mattering. That is an inference based on the petition's premise that the early slump is driving the reaction.
Still, this is the sort of story only a tense April can produce. The Blue Jays opened rough, fans got creative, and now Varsho's walk-up song has become one more piece of the noise around a club trying to get back to normal.
Should Daulton Varsho change his walk-up song?
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