Considering the Toronto Blue Jays allowed Bo Bichette to hit free agency, it’s certainly fair to question whether the front office wants him back.
There are a few different ways to look at Bichette as a player, but it's evident that he's one of the better-hitting shortstops in baseball. Unfortunately for Bichette, however, the question about him playing shortstop in the future is certainly one that’s come up.
According to the latest from Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, some really like him as a player, but question whether he can play shortstop long term, and reportedly, teams view him as a second or third baseman.
“Perfect world? They (the Braves) get another shortstop,” Rosenthal said on “Fair Territory.” “It’s just going to be difficult to do that. As I wrote last week, we talked about this on Fair and Foul Territory — Mauricio Dubon is a floor for them. He is at least a guy that can cover the position if they do not get someone else, and the problem is, outside of Ha-Seong Kim, there really isn’t a quality shortstop available. Yes, Bo Bichette has played shortstop, but teams generally don’t view him as the future at that position. They view his future more at second base or third base.”
It might not make a big difference in Bichette's future contract, as teams are looking at his bat.
He's led the American League in hits twice in his career, and was on pace to do so once again before missing a good bit of the last month of the campaign.
Regardless, teams would rather pay very good shortstops over second basemen, so if he slides over to second, that could be a factor.
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