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Despite Ross Atkins confirming Bo Bichette won't be traded the Toronto Blue Jays shortstop is in the hot seat
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Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins confirmed that they will not be trading shortstop Bo Bichette this winter but he will still be in the hot seat heading into the 2025 season.
During the annual GM meetings last week, Atkins confirmed to reporters that Bo Bichette will not be traded this off-season as he is part of the team's plan to have a solid 2025 season despite rumors suggesting otherwise.
Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette is heading into the 2025 in the hot seat despite not being traded this off-season
Bichette is coming off a terrible 2024 season in which he struggled immensely at the plate followed by a tough calf injury that took him out for the majority of the season and ended the season with a fractured finger.
It went about as backward as you can imagine for the 26-year-old. Beset by multiple injuries, primarily dealing with a recurring right calf injury, he had a hard time getting on track. He worked around other ailments like neck spasms to open the season and a bruised forearm in July before capping his year with a fractured middle finger on his throwing hand. -Fisher
The Blue Jays plan on having a big turnover in 2025 as they want to return to being one of the top American League teams but will need their current players to step in a major way and the front office will need to bring in some top tier players to help.
Bichette is one of the team's players that needs to have a big 2025 season as he is headed into the last year of his contract and while Atkins said he did not plan on trading Bichette this off-season, if he starts the season off in a slump, they might need to look at moving him.
With the Blue Jays planning to be competitive next season, Bichette is a big piece of that. They need him to be Bo Bichette again for any hope of challenging for a postseason berth. There were rumblings about a trade this season, but general manager Ross Atkins has already made it clear that Bichette isn't on the trade block this offseason. -Fisher
Ultimetely Bichette's future is truly in his own hands as if he returns to the all-star player he once was, the Blue Jays will likely offer him a large extension but if 2025 is more of the same from 2024, he will not last much longer with the Blue Jays.
Source: Jays Journal
No Blue Jays player needs to hit the reset button more than Bo Bichette in 2025
No Blue Jays player needs to hit the reset button more than Bo Bichette in 2025
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