"The 27-year-old has been out since Sept. 6 with a left-knee sprain, but has come far enough along where manager John Schneider admitted on Friday that his presence on the ALDS roster could come right down to the wire. Bichette is coming off one of his finest years as a pro, batting .311 with an .840 OPS, 18 home runs, and 94 RBI."
"Alongside superstar first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bichette is a foundational piece of a Blue Jays team that won the American League East via a tiebreaker over the Yankees behind a 94-68 record. This was the first time since 2015 that Toronto won the division, and it earned them the No. 1 overall seed in the American League this postseason."
"Bichette's absence is the second notable opposing star in as many series that the Yankees get the benefit of avoiding. Boston Red Sox top prospect Roman Anthony was unavailable for the Wild Card Series due to an oblique injury. The Bronx Bombers became the first team in this current format to come back from an 0-1 deficit to win the best-of-three series, doing so on Thursday night behind the brilliance of Cam Schlittler."
Bo Bichette has been sidelined since Sept. 6 with a left-knee sprain and his availability for the 2025 ALDS remains uncertain, with a roster decision possibly coming at the last moment. He batted .311 with an .840 OPS, 18 home runs, and 94 RBI in 2025, finishing with 181 hits to rank second in the American League. Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. anchored the Blue Jays, who won the AL East via a tiebreaker over the Yankees and secured the No. 1 AL seed at 94-68, the franchise's first division title since 2015. New York will open the ALDS with Luis Gil facing Kevin Guasman at 4:08 p.m. ET.
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