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Blue Jays get bad news on Bo Bichette<\/p>\n
The Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> could be playing without Bo Bichette next season.
Blue Jays Hoping to Bring Bichette Back<\/p>\n
What is Bichette Expected to Get in Free Agency?<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tCole Shelton<\/a> Cole Shelton covers the NHL, MLB and Cleveland Browns for Heavy.com. He has covered pro and college sports since 2016, including bylines at BJ Penn, USA Today, SB Nation, Rotowire, Canadian Baseball Network and more. More about Cole Shelton<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Blue Jays\n\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Blue Jays get bad news on Bo Bichette The Toronto Blue Jays could be playing without Bo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-316116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nBichette turned down a qualifying offer from the Blue Jays, which was widely expected. He\u2019s expected to command a lucrative multi-year deal. Multiple teams have checked in on Bichette, including the Blue Jays hated rival, the Boston Red Sox<\/a>.
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\nMLB<\/a> insider Ian Browne of MLB.com reports that the Red Sox are closely monitoring Bichette\u2019s market.
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\n\u201cThe Red Sox will be monitoring the free agent situations of Bo Bichette and Kyle Schwarber closely,\u201d Browne wrote<\/a> in a piece published on Saturday. \u201cBoth of those players are attached to the qualifying offer, which means Boston will have to provide Draft compensation in the event of a signing.\u201d
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\nBichette would be a big get for the Red Sox as he\u2019s one of the top hitters available in free agency. Boston would also be hurting their AL East rival in the Blue Jays, by stealing one of their top hitters.
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\nIf Bichette were to leave the Blue Jays for the Red Sox, it would be a major blow to their roster. Meanwhile, Boston would get a major boost to the infield, and their lineup as the Red Sox look to chase down the Blue Jays for the AL East title next season.
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\nBichette has spent his entire career in the Blue Jays organization, but that could soon change.
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\nThe star shortstop is one of the top free agents available, and several teams will be after him. Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins said entering the offseason that the team will be after Bichette.
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\n\u201cGreat player,\u201d Atkins said<\/a> of Bichette. \u201cBo\u2019s been a significant part of us being in a strong position today. And a reason that we\u2019re coming off five solid seasons of baseball. And one really, really good year of baseball. He\u2019s had a lot to do with it. I know he\u2019s going to be attractive to the market. We\u2019ll be in his market.\u201d
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\nBichette is a two-time MLB All-Star and has led the AL in hits twice.
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\nBichette is one of the top players available and will have a great market after him.
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\nMLBTradeRumors predicts<\/a> Bichette will sign a six-year, $208 million deal this offseason.
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\n\u201cLooking ahead, it\u2019s possible there are teams that still think Bichette can play a passable shortstop for the next year or two. But his long-term home increasingly seems likely to be at second base,\u201d the article wrote<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s not a position that\u2019s typically well-compensated on the market. But Bichette is an All-Star-caliber hitter whose suspect arm strength would be mitigated with a move to the other side of the bag. \u2026
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\n\u201cBichette is young enough, heading into his age-28 season, and potent enough in the batter\u2019s box that it\u2019s easy to imagine a team making some room to fit him into the mix by making a trade or two. After Tucker, he\u2019s perhaps the best bet on this year\u2019s free-agent market to clear $200MM in guaranteed money.\u201d
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\nBichette hit .311 with 18 home runs and 94 RBIs<\/a> last season.
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