Blue Jays' Bo Bichette gets $182 million contract update after engagement news

09-07-2025

Bo Bichette is smiling.
That's how The Toronto Star's columnist Rosie DiManno recently summed up how things are going for the Blue Jays shortstop.
"Bichette has even occasionally been spotted smiling in the dugout," DiManno writes. "His game face is more a thousand-yard stare. That might have something to do with being in an especially happy place right now, since proposing to girlfriend Alexis in May, their marriage planned for January. The team's excellence and winning trajectory has all but ruled out that pending free-agent Bichette will be moved by the trade deadline."
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An engagement and a pending wedding that will prevent Bichette from seeking out a trade? Seems like a good deal for Toronto.
It also might set him up to seek a contract extension with the Blue Jays, a popular topic before the season that has slowed down a bit of late.
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Bichette has bounced back solidly this season. He's batting .272 with 12 homers, likely setting himself up for a solid payday if he keeps it up.
Earlier in the season, the Star compared Bichette to Willy Adames, who got a seven-year, $182 million contract from the San Francisco Giants in free agency.
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Maybe the deal comes in slightly below that, but the 27-year old Bichette certainly has a strong case to get seriously paid well into nine digits.
And now that he's got a wedding to pay for, Bichette might need the cash.
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