Injured Jays Shortstop Bichette Making Progress - Beritaja

BRONX – Blue Jays head John Schneider said the past 3 days person been “pretty positive” for shortstop Bo Bichette arsenic he continues to make advancement successful his betterment from a near knee sprain.

Bichette took swings successful a simulated crippled Tuesday successful Toronto and jogged successful the outfield Wednesday astatine Yankee Stadium, Schneider said.

The prima shortstop, who led the Blue Jays pinch 181 hits successful the regular season, hasn’t played successful a period and is not connected the squad roster for the American League Division Series.

Bichette could perchance beryllium named to the AL Championship Series roster if Toronto qualified.

The Blue Jays could beforehand pinch a triumph successful Game 4 connected Wednesday nighttime astatine Yankee Stadium aliases successful Game 5 connected Friday astatine Rogers Centre if the bid goes the distance.

“We’ll return it a time astatine a clip and conscionable perceive to really he’s feeling,” Schneider said earlier Game 4. “So successful talking to him erstwhile he sewage present yesterday, conscionable I deliberation he’s about apt turned the area a small spot successful position of making immoderate dependable progress.

“It wasn’t conscionable hitting successful the cage, it was facing immoderate unrecorded pitching and knowing that he was going to beryllium moving coming for the first time. So I deliberation he’s making immoderate strides.”

Bichette, who has yet to commencement moving the bases, faced pitches from right-handers Max Scherzer and Chris Bassitt, Schneider said.

“I deliberation (he took) 14 swings disconnected of them, and conscionable was trying to consciousness retired his timing.”

Normally the 2nd baseman, Andres Gimenez has filled successful astatine shortstop successful this series.

Toronto won the first 2 games of the ALDS astatine location earlier falling successful Game 3 connected Tuesday night.

The AL Championship Series is scheduled to commencement Sunday. The Yankees-Blue Jays bid victor will look either the Detroit Tigers aliases Seattle Mariners successful the adjacent round.

This study by BERITAJA was first published Oct. 8, 2025.