Bo Bichette on Blue Jays: ‘It’s time to get it done’
Bo Bichette issued a little bit of a problem to his Toronto Blue Jays teammates throughout an look on the Blair & Barker podcast on Wednesday.
“At the end of the day, we’re not a young team anymore,” the Blue Jays’ star shortstop mentioned.
“The complete excuse of rising and studying and all that, it’s out the window. It’s time to be grown. I feel we’ve been by way of sufficient expertise at this level. Not to say that what we’ve gone by way of isn’t nice expertise. But saying we’re studying, saying we’re rising (and) that form of stuff, I feel that’s over. It’s time to get it executed.
“We’ve talked a lot about how good we are. We’ve said things like that plenty of times from the team as a whole or as individuals separately. It’s just time to put the work in and see what we’re capable of.”
There needs to be a way of urgency after two straight wild-card exits. What’s extra, stars like Bichette, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Jordan Romano are eligible for unrestricted free company after two extra seasons.
With the contract scenario of a few of their high gamers probably in thoughts, the Blue Jays made an enormous push for Shohei Ohtani this low season. That, after all, didn’t work out as Ohtani signed a report contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, however Bichette doesn’t see that as an excuse, both.
“Ohtani, I was definitely invested, so I felt the pain that I saw the fanbase was feeling,” Bichette, 25, mentioned. “To be capable to play with a participant like that was one thing that clearly excited all people.
“But at the end of the day with our team, there’s no doubt in my mind we have everything we need to win. It comes down to everybody living up to their potential. I haven’t done what I’m capable of doing. The team hasn’t done what it’s capable of doing. There’s another level of professionalism, discipline and consistency we need to get to. I believe if we do that, we have everything we need now.”
That’s to not say Bichette wouldn’t just like the Blue Jays to herald a bat or two.
He talked about two free brokers by identify.
“There are great players out there. Justin Turner and J.D. Martinez are two guys that come to my mind, veteran bats that can help not just on the field but off the field as well,” he mentioned.
Bichette mentioned his important focus this low season is on ensuring he can keep wholesome your complete season. He missed some key time down the stretch with a quad harm final yr.
Bichette performed 135 video games final yr, down from 159 every of the earlier two seaosns.
“It’s just going to take a lot more discipline and consistency with all the stuff that is not seen,” he mentioned. “People see the ground balls and the hitting but they don’t see the rest of the stuff it takes to stay healthy and those are things I can honestly say I didn’t do a good enough job of.”
