Bo Bichette Destinations: Best Landing Spots For All-star Shortstop In Free Agency

Bo Bichette is simply a free supplier for nan first clip this offseason, and nan 27-year-old should person plentifulness of suitors coming disconnected an fantabulous season.

In 2025, Bichette deed .311, pinch a .357 on-base percentage, while slugging .483. He had 18 location runs, 94 RBIs, and only struck retired 91 times. Despite missing nan last period of nan season, he vanished 2nd successful nan American League pinch 181 hits, and is simply a profession .294 hitter. He missed overmuch of nan postseason owed to a knee injury, but gutted it retired to play successful each 7 World Series games, slashing .348/.444/.478, which included a monolithic Game 7 location run.

Bichette has been a shortstop for his full career, but he’ll almost surely move disconnected nan position going forward. He vanished 2025 pinch -13 outs supra average, which classed dormant past among MLB shortstops, arsenic did his -11 protect runs saved. Any squad signing him will beryllium doing truthful for his bat and hoping he tin modulation to 2nd aliases 3rd base.

Here’s a look astatine 4 teams who could beryllium successful nan operation to motion nan first-time free supplier this offseason.

For beautiful overmuch each of 2025, it was a forgone conclusion that this was Bichette’s past play pinch nan Blue Jays. While it whitethorn not beryllium apt that nan two-time All-Star returns to Toronto, I deliberation location mightiness beryllium a chance aft really nan World Series ended. The Blue Jays drafted Bichette pinch nan 66th prime successful nan 2016 MLB draft, and he came up done nan strategy alongside chap franchise cornerstone Vladimir Guerrero Jr. The duo sewage nan franchise to wrong 2 outs of its first title since 1993, but came up conscionable short. That could lead to a rallying outcry to effort and tally it backmost pinch galore of nan aforesaid guys successful place.

Toronto already has $193 cardinal connected nan books for adjacent season, truthful handling different big, semipermanent woody mightiness beryllium hard. But Bichette is coming disconnected an fantabulous season, and nan Blue Jays will beryllium overmuch amended pinch him than without.

San Francisco Giants

The Giants request bats aft finishing 22nd successful OPS (.697), 25th successful batting mean (.235), and 19th successful location runs (173) during nan 2025 season. They already landed a left-handed thumper successful Rafael Devers, signed Willy Adames past offseason, and Matt Chapman apt has a fewer bully years left. Lefty powerfulness bat Bryce Eldridge has besides arrived. But each those large bats request personification to get connected guidelines successful beforehand of them. Bichette owns a .294 profession batting average, would fresh perfectly successful that domiciled and brace good pinch Jung Hoo Lee atop nan team’s lineup.

With Adames entrenched astatine shortstop, a move to 2nd guidelines would beryllium successful nan cards, and that would beryllium awesome news for San Francisco. Giants 2nd basemen slashed a woeful .217/.273/.343 successful 2025. That .616 OPS classed 27th successful shot for nan position. Bichette would beryllium a monolithic upgrade.

Tigers starting 2nd baseman Gleyber Torres is heading into free agency, coming disconnected a coagulated season. While Detroit could effort to bring him back, they could usage an upgrade to nan lineup, and Bichette would beryllium a fit. Tigers 2nd basemen posted an OPS of .755 successful 2025, which classed 3rd successful baseball. Conversely, nan team’s 3rd basemen posted an OPS of .628, which classed 27th. Bichette could capable either role, making up for nan nonaccomplishment of Torres, aliases elevating a position that struggled each year.

The Tigers only person $62.3 cardinal successful net committed for 2026 and could trim that further if they travel done pinch a rumored scheme to waste and acquisition Tarik Skubal. There is plentifulness of room to spend, and walk big. Detroit was arguably nan champion squad successful shot earlier a late-season swoon. A fewer smart additions could return nan franchise to nan adjacent level.

Boston Red Sox

The Red Sox could suffer Alex Bregman this offseason aft he opted retired of his contract. That would time off an evident fresh for Bichette, who is 4 years younger. Bregman posted an .821 OPS and deed 18 location runs successful 2025, while Bichette was astatine .840 and besides deed 18 bombs. He added a .923 OPS successful nan postseason and provided a superior spark for Toronto aft missing much than a period pinch a knee injury.

If Boston is considering bringing backmost Bregman, location is nary logic not to attack Bichette.

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