The perfectionist shortstop, who doubles as the player of the week, is having such a remarkable run at the plate that some have taken to altering the spelling…
Even when he doesn’t make the game-winning play, which was between him and the bullet-throwing Pete Fairbanks in Game 1 of the rare day-night doubleheader against Tampa Bay on Tuesday. There was Fairbanks throwing, 99, 98, 100, and there was Bichette fouling off pitch after pitch, with two runners on base and the Jays trailing by two in the ninth inning, until eventually grounding out.
He’s a Mandolorian baseball figure: Not the book of Boba Fett. Instead, the Book of Bo Bichette. Leaving his teammates in his statistical dust and in awe as the wild card playoffs approach. This coming in a September in which George Springer, hired gun, has no home runs, one RBI and a batting average of .212.
This is how tight the standings in the wild-card race happen to be, which is really no longer about making the playoffs as it is about positioning for the playoffs. When Bichette’s home run gave the Jays a win Monday night, they moved ahead of Tampa Bay in the standings. Before dinner on Tuesday, they were behind the Rays again. And that was before Seattle was at home to play San Diego.
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