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Yahoo
02-08-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Blue Jays $147 million slugger could stay with team with a long playoff run
The Toronto Blue Jays are having a season to remember. The team sits tied for 1st place in the American League and is looking to get to the World Series. Coming into the season, the Blue Jays were looked at as the fourth or even fifth team in the American League East. However, the New York Yankees suffered a handful of injuries, the Baltimore Orioles took a huge step back, and the Boston Red Sox have had some ups and downs. The Blue Jays have done an excellent job this season, and with the American League wide open, they could play in the Fall Classic. A reason why Toronto is having a great year is because of shortstop Bo Bichette. The 27-year-old slugger has a .291 batting average, 132 hits, and 13 home runs this season. The only issue is that Bichette will be a free agent at season's end and could leave the team. The good news is the Blue Jays will make the postseason. According to Jake Ferraro from Fansided, Bichette could stick around if the team makes a deep playoff run."For Bichette, he's grown into a fan favorite since first playing in 2019. Bichette is leading the Blue Jays in hits, doubles and RBIs for the Blue Jays in 2025. There was some doubt before 2025 began if the Blue Jays would trade Bichette if the team was out of a postseason position. With the Blue Jays now in a postseason spot, Bichette remaining on the team would be a big positive this off-season," Ferraro wrote. "The Blue Jays extended Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to a 14-year, $500 million contract early into the season. Now, expectations will be that Bichette will get a solid contract for his production as a Blue Jay as well." Spotrac lists Bichette's market value at $147 million over seven years, so paying him will be a steep price. There is a chance, no matter what happens this October, Bichette will leave Toronto just due to getting a huge payday elsewhere.
Yahoo
01-08-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Blue Jays $147 million slugger could stay with team with a long playoff run
The Toronto Blue Jays are having a season to remember. The team sits tied for 1st place in the American League and is looking to get to the World Series. Coming into the season, the Blue Jays were looked at as the fourth or even fifth team in the American League East. However, the New York Yankees suffered a handful of injuries, the Baltimore Orioles took a huge step back, and the Boston Red Sox have had some ups and downs. The Blue Jays have done an excellent job this season, and with the American League wide open, they could play in the Fall Classic. A reason why Toronto is having a great year is because of shortstop Bo Bichette. The 27-year-old slugger has a .291 batting average, 132 hits, and 13 home runs this season. The only issue is that Bichette will be a free agent at season's end and could leave the team. The good news is the Blue Jays will make the postseason. According to Jake Ferraro from Fansided, Bichette could stick around if the team makes a deep playoff run."For Bichette, he's grown into a fan favorite since first playing in 2019. Bichette is leading the Blue Jays in hits, doubles and RBIs for the Blue Jays in 2025. There was some doubt before 2025 began if the Blue Jays would trade Bichette if the team was out of a postseason position. With the Blue Jays now in a postseason spot, Bichette remaining on the team would be a big positive this off-season," Ferraro wrote. "The Blue Jays extended Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to a 14-year, $500 million contract early into the season. Now, expectations will be that Bichette will get a solid contract for his production as a Blue Jay as well." Spotrac lists Bichette's market value at $147 million over seven years, so paying him will be a steep price. There is a chance, no matter what happens this October, Bichette will leave Toronto just due to getting a huge payday elsewhere.
National Post
05-05-2025
- Sport
- National Post
Fans outraged after Cleveland Guardians take jab at Canada in social media post
The relationship between Canada and the United States isn't at its best right now due to a variety of factors. Article content But that's no reason that a baseball team should be poking fun at the Great White North. Article content After the Cleveland Guardians dispatched the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Sunday afternoon at Rogers Centre, the visitor's social media team decided to take a jab at Canada. Article content The post in question simply read, 'America > Canada, objectively.' Article content The Guardians deleted this post following their series win against the Blue Jays today — Jake Ferraro (@18Jxxx18) May 4, 2025 Article content Article content While social media staffers for sports teams often tend to get cheeky with their content, many fans of both the Guardians and Blue Jays felt this was too much. Article content 'Not how Cleveland fans like to represent ourselves at all,' one fan replied. 'Worked hard and put up with a lot of s*** over the decades to not be in this kind of position. Article content Many social media users pointed out that while some playful banter is fine most of the time, the current political climate between the two nations makes this a hot-button issue. Article content 'Really dumb time to post that,' one user wrote. Article content 'I'm normally all for the friendly Canada slander, but maybe not right now,' another posted. Article content One user on Reddit wrote that it was 'probably for the best' that the post was deleted given that 'it was in poor taste given the current political climate.' Article content It also was noted by another user on X that no other MLB team has fielded more Canadian players over the past three years than the Guardians. Article content Over the last 3 years the Cleveland Guardians have employed 5 different Canadians Josh Naylor Bo Naylor Cade Smith Cal Quantrill Erik Sabrowski No other team has fielded more Canadians over the last 3 years. Another poorly thought out caption from the worst admin in the league — Daulton Varsho Enjoyer (@bichette_mvp) May 4, 2025
