TORONTO — In the wake of the MRI that revealed Bo Bichette’s left knee sprain, John Schneider invited Andres Gimenez in for a chat the infielder had been expecting. The Toronto Blue Jays were weighing options to cover the star shortstop’s absence, and they wanted to how the three-time Gold Glove second baseman felt about potentially sliding over. After all, he’d risen the ranks as a shortstop and had 84 big-league games at the position, so if they could “optimize” his abilities as someone Schneider described as “probably the best infielder in Major League Baseball,” it was surely worth a look.

“He was just really honest with me,” Gimenez said of their chat. “We put some points on the table and he decided to put me at short. I just needed time for practice to get my arm in the right spot b

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