{"id":454661,"date":"2025-12-18T02:53:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T02:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/454661\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T02:53:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T02:53:18","slug":"bo-bichette-willing-to-switch-positions-as-free-agent-fields-offers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/454661\/","title":{"rendered":"Bo Bichette ‘willing’ to switch positions as free agent fields offers"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the top remaining hitters in free agency could switch teams \u2014 and positions.<\/p>\n

Longtime Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette, who has garnered \u201cserious<\/a>\u201d interest from the Red Sox this offseason, expressed willingness to shift to second base, MLB.com\u2019s Mark Feinsand reported Wednesday during an appearance on MLB Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe shortstop market has been terrible, but people are not necessarily looking at Bichette as a shortstop,\u201d Feinsand said. \u201cHe is starting to tell teams he\u2019s willing to move to second base.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"BoBichette has reportedly let interested teams know he\u2019s \u201cwilling\u201d to switch positions from his usual shortstop to second base. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Bichette, 27, entered free agency coming off a strong offensive season in 2025, slashing .311\/.357\/.483 with 18 home runs and 94 RBIs. He finished second to Aaron Judge (.331) for the American League batting title.<\/p>\n

He missed nearly the entire last month of the regular season after suffering a knee injury sliding into home plate during a game at Yankee Stadium on Sept. 6.<\/p>\n

The injury forced Bichette to sit out most of Toronto\u2019s postseason run before returning during the World Series<\/a>, where he played second base for the first time in his career to cover his limited range while dealing with the knee ailment.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, I brought it up,\u201d Bichette told reporters ahead of the Fall Classic. \u201cIt was something that I felt like I could get ready for quicker than another position. I just want to be ready to help the team in any way that is afforded to me, so that felt like an opportunity for me, and obviously they were on board with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bichette\u2019s workload was managed during the series, but he slashed .348\/.444\/.478 with a homer and six RBIs.<\/p>\n

\"FreddieThe longtime Jays star, who missed the end of 2025 after a knee injury, played at second base for the first time in his career when he rejoined the team \u2013 during the World Series. Getty Images<\/p>\n

He also made several nice plays<\/a> at the keystone, which caught teams\u2019 attention and could widen his market.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think, after watching him play second base in the World Series, it\u2019s probably a good move,\u201d Feinsand added.<\/p>\n

While Bichette\u2019s primary position has been shortstop, his defense has been ranked among the worst in baseball.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

In 2025, he registered the worst fielding run value (-10) and range (-10) among all MLB shortstops, according to Fangraphs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two-time All-Star\u2019s defensive shortcomings have been offset by his elite bat as he led the AL in hits in both 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n

A reunion with Bichette<\/a> remains possible, but Toronto has already had a busy offseason.<\/p>\n

Toronto has added All-Star pitcher Dylan Cease<\/a>, ex-Mets reliever Tyler Rogers<\/a> and dished out a historic contract<\/a> to journeyman Cody Ponce after an MVP season in Korea.<\/p>\n

The defending AL champions have also been linked to superstar outfielder Kyle Tucker<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the top remaining hitters in free agency could switch teams \u2014 and positions. Longtime Blue Jays…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":454662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[40929,5229,1281,1266,71333,405,403,2228,5226,5225,5228,5227,62,1290,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-454661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-al-east","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-boston-red-sox","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-mlb-free-agency","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-new-york-yankees","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-toronto-blue-jays","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115738313949396621","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}