TORONTO – Blue Jays manager John Schneider was sporting a blue hoodie on Wednesday that had the words “Built for Fall” in white block letters across the front.
He expects to learn by Friday whether one of his team’s foundational pieces – injured shortstop Bo Bichette – will be ready to play in the American League Division Series.
“I’ll never put anything past Bo in terms of when people say he can’t do something and him proving them wrong,” Schneider said. “So it’s a big couple of days for him obviously. I think that if he’s ready we’ll obviously welcome him back with open arms.
“And if he’s not, I think that’s another thing you want to play for is to keep going and get him back, hopefully in the next round.”
Bichette, one of the homegrown faces of the franchise, missed the last three w