Biography of Bo Bichette
Bo Bichette is one of the very famous and most trending personality now a days in different social media and on the Internet as well. Moreover, he is famous as a Brazilian-American professional baseball shortstop for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB).
How is the Professional career of Bo Bichette?
The Toronto Blue Jays selected Bichette in the second round, with the 66th overall selection, of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft. Bo Bichette stated afterward that he turned down four offers during the draft in order to go to Toronto, and signed for a $1.1 million bonus on June 17.After opening the season with a .431 batting average through 18 games with the Gulf Coast League Blue Jays, Bo Bichette was placed on the 7-day disabled list after experiencing an injury to his midsection, which was later determined to be a ruptured appendix.
Bo Bichette returned to the lineup shortly before the end of the season, and finished the year with a .427 batting average, four home runs, and 36 runs batted in (RBI) in 22 games. Despite missing more than half of the season with injury, Bichette was named the Gulf Coast League’s end-of-season All-Star at shortstop on September 13. During the offseason, he represented Brazil at the 2017 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 4.
Bichette was assigned to the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts to begin the 2017 season. On June 7, he was named a Midwest League All-Star. To that point in the season, Bichette led the league in batting average, hits, runs scored, slugging percentage, and on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS). Bichette raised his batting average to an even .400 after a 7-for-8 performance in a doubleheader against the South Bend Cubs on June 15. On June 29, he was named to the U.S. roster for the 2017 All-Star Futures Game.
On July 6, Bo Bichette was named the Midwest League Player of the Month for June. Later that day, the Blue Jays announced he would be promoted to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays after the All-Star Futures Game. Bo Bichette was named the Midwest League’s most valuable player (MVP), Prospect of the Year, and a Postseason All-Star on August 18 after hitting .384/.448/.623 with 32 doubles (2nd in the Midwest League), 10 home runs, and 51 RBIs in 70 games for Lansing.
For Dunedin, Bichette appeared in 40 games and hit .323 with four home runs, 23 RBI, and 10 stolen bases. His combined .362 batting average led all of Minor League Baseball, and made him the first teenager to lead the minors in hitting since Gil Torres did so in 1963. On October 5, 2017, MLB named Bichette Toronto’s Minor League Hitter of the Year.
Batting style
Bichette is a power hitter, and can generate great bat speed and power. According to Joe Siddall: “He does it by separating and delaying torso rotation after the foot hits the floor after leg kick, exposing his back plate surname and number, before uncoiling, with the bat at the same angle as his shoulders. When facing a strikeout or pay-off pitch (X-2 or 3-2), he replaces the leg kick with the left knee bowing inwards.”
Who is Bo Bichette?
Bo Bichette is the son of four-time MLB All-Star outfielder Dante Bichette, and the younger brother of Dante Bichette Jr.. He is named after Bo Jackson. He is a Christian. Both Bo and his brother Dante Jr. have played for Brazil in the WBC due to their mother Mariana being a native of Porto Alegre, Brazil. Their maternal grandfather is of Chinese descent.
Overview
- Full Name: Bo Bichette
- Date of Birth: March 5, 1998
- Age: 22 years
- Birth Place: Orlando, Florida, United States
- Height: 1.83 m
- Weight: 84 kg
- Education: Lakewood High School
- Current team: Toronto Blue Jays (#11 / Shortstop)
- Dates joined: July 29, 2019 (Toronto Blue Jays), April 1, 2019 (Buffalo Bisons)
- Net Worth: Unknown
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