During the 2025 MLB season, the Toronto Blue Jays got to somewhat see life without Bo Bichette.
Bichette went down with an injury toward the back end of the season and missed much of the playoffs, but the Blue Jays really didn’t miss a beat.
They had multiple players step up in his absence, which might make them more comfortable letting Bichette walk.
When predicting what might happen, Ryan Finkelstein of Just Baseball believes that will be the case, projecting Bichette to sign an eight-year, $208 million deal with the Detroit Tigers.
“Bo Bichette was very close to being an all-time World Series hero for the Blue Jays, hitting an early three-run homer in Game 7 that had Toronto in line to win it all. Now, the Blue Jays have to decide if that was Bichette’s last game played in their uniform...
“With Bichette out, the Blue Jays shifted Andres Gimenez from second base over to shortstop. Throughout the playoff run, Gimenez proved to be critical to the Blue Jays with his defense up the middle, which is clearly his biggest asset to the team moving forward,” he wrote.
While the idea of the Tigers signing a player of Bichette’s caliber makes plenty of sense, given he’s a right-handed bat and fills an infield need, it’s still tough to imagine Detroit giving out nearly $30 million AAV over eight seasons.
If anything, it seems more likely Toronto retains him than Detroit handing out that contract.
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