This season, Bichette slashed .311/.357/.483/.840 with 18 homers and 94 RBI in 139 games played. Adames, his contract comparison, slashed .225/.318/.421/.740 with 30 homers and 87 RBI over 160 games.

Shortstop Bo Bichette, sidelined since Sept. 7 with a sprained left knee, is hopeful he can return when the Toronto Blue Jays opens their American League Division Series next week at Rogers Centre, telling reporters that "every day,

There’s still something missing here. Even with the Blue Jays clinching their first AL East title since 2015, it doesn’t feel complete without Bo Bichette. Toronto didn’t exactly spring through the finish line.

The Blue Jays are optimistic that Bichette (knee) will be able to return for the American League Division Series, set to begin Saturday, but a timetable for his return is still up in the air, Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reports.

Through all of the tumult of a last-to-first season, Bichette was a consistent force from opening day to his violent collision at home plate at Yankee Stadium back on Sept. 6. And he’s certainly appreciated the journey the team that selected him in the second round of the 2016 draft has been.

The Toronto Blue Jays are entering the final day of the regular season tied with the New York Yankees for first place in the AL East. If the Blue Jays are able to sweep the Boston Red Sox on Sunday, they’ll claim the club’s first division title since 2015.

With less than a week before the MLB postseason begins, the Toronto Blue Jays got some good news regarding Bo Bichette.

Star shortstop Bo Bichette is "pretty unlikely" to be able to return for a possible wild-card series, manager John Schneider told reporters on Sunday. However, if the Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays in Sunday's regular-season finale, they'd get a bye past the first round altogether.

The 27-year-old Bichette batted .311 with 18 home runs, 94 RBIs, 44 doubles, and an .840 OPS. The two-time All-Star provided the Blue Jays with 3.4 bWAR, a significant improvement over last year’s -0.3 mark.