TORONTO -- Some ballplayers can see the future. It’s more of a feeling, really, like an old farmer who knows that Friday will bring rain because he has that sore feeling in his knuckles again.

Each hitter hints in his own way, and for great hitters, those hints are more accurate than any meteorologist. Bo Bichette’s effortless two-run home run swing changed Tuesday night’s 5-3 win over the Mariners at Rogers Centre in an instant, but that swing had been building for days.

In Bichette’s early years, former manager Charlie Montoyo used to look for hard foul balls to the opposite field. Once Bichette slapped a few line drives over the first-base coach’s head, thunder would begin to rumble in the distance as the bright strike neared.

This season, Bichette started off 3-for-25 (.120) through his first six games. Bichette didn’t look good, but neither did anyone else. That takes us up through the Rays and Astros, a no-hit loss and an early, uneasy feeling about this offense. Then, the winds started to change.

Saturday: 2-for-4, 2B, BB

Sunday: 1-for-2, 2B, 2 BB, HBP
Offensive coordinator Don Mattingly: “Last night, I thought Bo’s last couple of at-bats were probably his best overall swings. They were in rhythm, on time, the whole thing.”

Bichette: “I was probably trying to do too much damage. That’s not me. That happens by accident. I’m a hitter first. I just came to that realization. I was pretty bad to start. I’m starting to feel a little bit like myself again.”

Monday: 1-for-4, 2B
Manager John Schneider: “Bo hit the [crap] out of that ball to right-center. They’re having good at-bats. They’re really good hitters. It’s just a matter of time before they really get on a roll.”

Tuesday: Boom.

Bichette’s Statcast-projected 431-foot blast was the beautiful “accident” he has been chasing. He wasn’t swinging for the fences, but there was so much control to that swing, so much power humming out of such a compact stroke with two strikes.

Bichette has taken thousands of swings in a Blue Jays uniform, but this was one of his finest.

“These last few days, he’s hitting the ball really hard. Bo is one of the best hitters in the league,” Schneider said. “I think everyone knows that now. Huge hit today, but he’s right there where he needs to be. The at-bats have been really consistent as of late. Just a huge at-bat tonight.”

Temptation plays a role in all of this. It’s so easy to chase power because nothing flips a loss to a win like a home run. Nothing ignites a crowd like a home run. Nothing gets you paid like a home run.

Bichette already has enough moving parts in his swing, though. He knows his own swing as well as any hitter in the big leagues because he has built it so naturally, which is where swings like Tuesday’s come from. He didn’t duct tape this swing together by watching 500 videos of viral hitting tips. This was born out of Bichette allowing his body to follow its natural, athletic movements.

That’s also what allows Bichette to adjust as quickly and effectively as anyone. Known for a big leg kick that winds his body up to uncoil in a violent thrash, Bichette keeps his front foot on the ground in most two-strike counts. There’s a subtle toe tap at times, but Bichette shifts his focus even further in the direction of contact. These are typically the counts where Bichette starts to foul balls off to right field before slashing a single, but he’s talented enough to adjust in an instant if he sees the right pitch rolling in.

That’s who Bichette is -- a hitter who just happens to find power. By “accident,” as he put it.

“When he’s hitting it hard, it’s going to go out,” Schneider said. “He’s definitely a hitter before power, and when he’s getting a pitch he can really handle, he’s going to do what you saw tonight. He’s a hitter first, for sure.”

Bichette doesn’t overcomplicate it, either. He knows that when he’s in the right place mentally and physically, the power will come naturally. It’s the same thing that makes Vladimir Guerrero Jr. a game-changing talent at his peak, but as you’ve seen, it’s not easy to stay in that place.

This is the version of Bichette the Blue Jays need to follow. He’s not just a productive player, Bichette has an incredible sense for the game around him. Let him hold a finger up in the air, and he can tell you what tomorrow will bring.