#bo-bichette

#bo-bichette

The Toronto Blue Jays made their first big splash of the 2025-26 offseason on Wednesday when they signed Dylan Cease to a huge seven-year, $210 million deal to bulk up their roster. In doing so, the Blue Jays now have their front-end of the rotation set for the upcoming season with Cease, Kevin Gausman and a returning Shane Bieber as their three-headed monster, creating a pitching nightmare for opposing teams.

Marte, who has mostly been a secondbaseman over the last few years, has been one of the premier players in the National League going all the way back to 2018. While he's only made three All-Star appearances since then, he's also been worth more than 2.0 bWAR five times since he joined Arizona in 2017. He also seems to be getting better with age, winning back to back Silver Slugger awards,

The Toronto Blue Jays' front office is notoriously firm in its valuations of players when pursuing free agents and exploring contract extensions. President Mark Shapiro and general manager Ross Atkins stick to their assessments of what players are worth throughout the negotiating process, and their discipline has paid off on many occasions. However, not every negotiation can be won with pragmatism. Sometimes front offices need to be emotional and push themselves to uncomfortable places to secure the long-term services of a true difference maker.

Guerrero finished the 2025 campaign with a 3.4 fWAR, ranked sixth in the big leagues among first basemen, and produced a 137 wRC+ on the year. His final slash line would come in at .292/.381/.467 with 23 home runs, 84 RBIs, and an .848 OPS, earning his fifth consecutive All-Star nod. The Montreal-born product continued this strong season into the playoffs, where he collected 29 hits through 95 at-bats (.397) and collected eight home runs, 15 RBIs, 14 walks, and a 1.289 OPS.

But his encouraging signs ran deeper than simply the box score, as he produced his two fastest bat speeds since pre-injury on a pair of 72-m.p.h. swings. The first of which came on a third-inning groundout, while the second was a product of Bichette's RBI single in the seventh - a swing that also generated his highest exit velocity (109.6 m.p.h.) of the World Series.

Bo Bichette has played through a sprained PCL in his left knee during the World Series. He's clearly physically limited but has picked up five hits (all singles) with three RBI in 18 trips to the plate. Of course, Bichette's focus for the next day or two will be fully on the World Series. He did address the injury before tonight's Game 6, telling Ben-Nicholson Smith of Sportsnet that he does not expect he'll need to undergo offseason surgery.