The Toronto Blue Jays will likely be without Bo Bichette in the American League Championship Series.
Bichette has been sidelined since Sept. 6 due to a knee injury and was hopeful he would play in the ALCS. However, the star shortstop was running the bases on Saturday and walked off the field in apparent discomfort, according to Sportsnet’s Shi Davidi .
“Bichette led off from first base, took off for second and grimaced after rounding the bag before pulling up,” Davidi wrote in an article published on Saturday. “He walked over to third base where Blue Jays bench coach Don Mattingly, first base coach Mark Budzinski, medical director Andrew Pipkin and strength and conditioning coach Scott Weberg were overseeing his running and dropped to the turf.
“The group conferred for a couple minu