Blue Jays, Bo Bichette
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The Toronto Blue Jays may not be looking to re-sign Bo Bichette, and the New York Yankees could emerge as a suitor.
According to journalist Francys Romero, author of the Beisbol FR newsletter, the Blue Jays are projected to pay Caricote a bonus of $1.8 million. Baseball America estimates that Caricote will receive the second-highest bonus of any catcher in the 2026 IFA class.
As the Blue Jays signed Kazuma Okamoto as a utility infielder, the path to keeping Bichette seemed more like long odds. If he were to leave Toronto, Bichette has been connected to the same list of suitors all offseason long including the Boston Red Sox,
The Toronto Blue Jays recently signed a slugger who is drawing surprising comparisons to formidable hitter Juan Soto.
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