The Blue Jays introduced Thursday that shortstop Bo Bichette suffered a fractured center finger and has been positioned on the 15-day injured record, ending his 2024 season. Bichette was scratched from yesterday’s lineup after struggling a hand damage throughout pregame fielding drills. Outfielder Jonatan Clase has been recalled from Triple-A Buffalo to take Bichette’s spot on the energetic roster.
The damaged finger caps off a nightmare season for Bichette — one which’s seen the two-time All-Star climate a pair of IL stints as a result of calf strains which have severely hobbled him. Bichette solely simply returned from the injured record Tuesday and performed in a single sport after an almost two-month absence as a result of that ailing calf. He’ll shut out the yr with a wildly uncharacteristic .225/.277/.322 batting line and 4 homers — a far cry from the .299/.340/.487 batting line he carried into the 2024 marketing campaign.
Bichette was the topic of commerce rumblings early this summer time, however Toronto GM Ross Atkins rapidly shut down any actual notion of promoting low on his star shortstop when he stated in mid-June that buying and selling Bichette (or teammate Vladimir Guerrero Jr.) “[didn’t] make any sense” for the Jays. Whereas the Blue Jays in the end operated as deadline sellers, they solely moved gamers who’d have been up without spending a dime company on the finish of the present season.
All indications have been that Atkins & Co. need to retool the roster and take goal at a return to contending subsequent season. Bichette, who just lately voiced a powerful need to stick with the Jays, will presumably be part of these efforts — though different groups across the league will seemingly a minimum of inquire about the potential for prying him unfastened from the one group he’s identified so far in his profession.
Extra to come back.
