Bo Bichette's argument for Blue Jays contract extension only getting louder

What Bo Bichette has proven in 2025 is that it is safe to say when he's healthy he is one of the best hitters in MLB. This season he has not only pulled all of his metrics back to his career norms, but he is also achieving some of the highest statistics in his career. Through Tuesday's game (August 26) Bichette was slashing .306/.350/.471 with an .821 OPS and 123 OPS+.

Bo Bichette's argument for Blue Jays contract extension only getting louder

He's also leading the league with 167 hits and if he manages to stave off the competition, it will be the third time in five years that he finishes as the hit king of the season. Bichette had 191 hits in 2021, and 189 hits in 2022 while his 175 hits in 2023 was among the top ten. After an injury plagued 2024 where he appeared in just 81 games, Bichette is back to being an absolute force at the plate for the Blue Jays. He's second in the league in xBA at .308, his hard hit percentage of 49.0 is just below his career high of 50.3 and his average exit velocity of 91.0 is a hair off his career high of 91.9.

He's also gotten better as the season has gone on. Since the beginning of July he's slashing .368/.420/.533 with an OPS of .973. While he's only hit five home runs over the 47 games he's played in, he's racked up 105 total bases, including 20 doubles. Over the last 30 days, he's been almost unstoppable, leading the league in hits (41), and batting average (.373), while having the third base on-base percentage (.430). He's also gotten on base in all but three games since the beginning of July.

While recent reports have surfaced about his below average defensive abilities, there's always been a thought that long-term he may need to move to second base. Right now, the Blue Jays are well set up to make that transition as they have Andrés Giménez already locked up to a long-term contract. Flipping the two players to the opposite side of the second base bag would be a much easier solution than trying to find someone from the outside to take over for Bichette.

Regardless, Blue Jays cannot deny that his skills at the plate are elite and that they would be hard pressed to find someone on the open market this summer that can replicate what Bo can do. Similar to Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bichette was drafted and developed all within the Toronto system and it would be a shame to lose a home grown product in the prime of his career.

Blue Jays President Mark Shapiro recently said on the record that bringing Bo back into the fold for 2026 and beyond is something GM Ross Atkins is working on. Whether Bichette deserves a mega contract like Guerrero remains to be seen, but the fact remains that the Blue Jays should make resigning Bo one of their top priorities as soon as the 2025 season conclude.