The Toronto Blue Jays gave Bo Bichette the qualifying offer this offseason, but nobody expected him to accept it. As the deadline approached, Bichette declined the offer, which leaves him open to sign with any team in the league.
The Blue Jays need to do whatever they can to bring him back. He was a star with the team for the first few years of his career, but money is always seemingly the leading factor in free agency. Luckily for the Blue Jays, they have the money to re-sign him if they want to.
Bleacher Report’s Kerry Miller recently predicted Bichette would sign with the Blue Jays on a seven-year, $184 million deal this offseason.
“Or, if he’s definitely switching from shortstop to second base, maybe he would settle for 7/$176M, which would make him the highest-paid 2B in terms of both total value of the contract and AAV, slightly outpacing the 7/$175M deal Marcus Semien signed a few years ago,” Miller wrote. “Either way, he’s going to become very rich very soon. And, either way, re-signing with the Blue Jays seems likely—unless they sign Kyle Tucker first and suddenly can’t afford to also keep Bichette.”
The Blue Jays are likely going to target Kyle Tucker on a deal worth around $400 million, but if they whiff on him, falling back on Bichette would make plenty of sense.
Bichette fits alongside Vladimir Guerrero Jr. for the next five or 10 years. The pair would likely be able to get the Blue Jays back to the World Series over the next few years, too.
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