Toronto Blue Jays get good news on injured shortstop Bo Bichette
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Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette resumed running today at Yankee stadium
Bo Bichette took a step forward on Wednesday in his recovery from a left PCL sprain.
The star shortstop was seen jogging in the outfield at Yankee Stadium prior to Game 4 of the ALDS, reported Mitch Bannon of The Athletic.
It's the first we've heard of on-field running work for Bichette since he went down with the knee injury on September 6.
Bannon added that Bichette jogged three times in the outfield for about 50 yards.
Bo Bichette is in New York. He just jogged in the Yankee Stadium outfield grass, without a knee brace. Pretty big #BlueJays news
Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette jogging on the field at Yankee Stadium
News: Bo Bichette is here jogging on the field at Yankee Stadium.
Very light, but this is the first we've seen. He still didn't look very comfortable walking back to the dugout. #BlueJays
Very light, but this is the first we've seen. He still didn't look very comfortable walking back to the dugout. #BlueJays
He'd been able to hit in the batting cage, but hadn't progressed to any sort of running drills until today.
John Schneider said "the last three days have been pretty positive for" Bo Bichette, who faced Max Scherzer and Chris Bassitt during a sim game Tuesday in Toronto. "He's probably turned the corner a little bit in terms of making some steady progress.
Bichette was unsurprisingly left off of Toronto's ALDS roster.
Andres Gimenez has picked up the majority of the starts at shortstop in Bichette's stead.
He's played short in each of the Blue Jays' playoff games so far. Ernie Clement also picked up a couple of starts at shortstop in September.
While the progress is encouraging for Bichette, he still has multiple hurdles to clear before making his 2025 postseason debut.
He'll certainly need to shake off the limp before moving to more intense drills.
Toronto will likely want to see him field ground balls at shortstop before considering adding him to the playoff roster.
The ALCS starts on Sunday, so there isn't much time for Bichette to get back into playing shape before the next round.
The World Series, if the Blue Jays were to advance that far, might be a more reasonable goal for Bichette at this point.
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