{"id":107176,"date":"2025-09-16T00:37:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T04:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=107176"},"modified":"2025-09-16T00:37:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T04:37:37","slug":"blue-jays-bo-bichette-seeking-second-opinion-knee-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/09\/16\/blue-jays-bo-bichette-seeking-second-opinion-knee-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays&#8217; Soon-to-Be Free Agent Seeking Second Opinion on Knee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto Blue Jays shortstop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bichebo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-09-16_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bo Bichette<\/a> is seeking a second opinion on his knee injury that occurred on September 6th. He was placed on the 10-day injured list, and what appeared to be a relatively minor injury is starting to look more serious. Following this season, Bichette will get the opportunity to test free agency for the first time. With a strong performance this season, he has proven that he <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/04\/11\/blue-jays-bo-bichette-deserves-extension\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">deserves a contract extension<\/a> with Toronto.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99056\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99056\" style=\"width: 492px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-99056\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/04\/USATSI_25859227_168400885_lowres-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Bo Bichette could be the next Blue Jay to receive a long extension after Vladimir Guerrero Jr. got one this week.\" width=\"492\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/04\/USATSI_25859227_168400885_lowres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/04\/USATSI_25859227_168400885_lowres-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/04\/USATSI_25859227_168400885_lowres-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/04\/USATSI_25859227_168400885_lowres-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/04\/USATSI_25859227_168400885_lowres-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/04\/USATSI_25859227_168400885_lowres.jpg 1405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apr 5, 2025; New York City, New York, USA; Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette (11) hits an RBI double in the sixth inning against the New York Mets at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bichette\u2019s current diagnosis is a sprained left PCL. But he is seeking a second opinion from Dr. Dan Cooper, according to Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet. The Blue Jays are optimistic that this will help construct a timeline for Bichette moving forward. The two-time All-Star is set to meet up with the team in Tampa this week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bo Bichette (sprained left PCL) is currently getting a second opinion with a specialist in Dallas \u2014 Dr. Dan Cooper. Blue Jays are hopeful that will help formulate a timeline for Bichette going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Bichette will meet up with the Blue Jays in Tampa in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arden Zwelling (@ArdenZwelling) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArdenZwelling\/status\/1967703870324518912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Bo Bichette Seeking Second Opinion on Knee Injury<\/h2>\n<p>When Bichette was initially injured, he came back and played the rest of the game. A PCL sprain rarely requires surgery unless the knee is very unstable functionally. The Blue Jays could brace him and let him play. But whether they will follow through with that is questionable.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that Bichette is seeking a second opinion also indicates that the injury is more complex than anticipated. The shortstop who was chasing 200 hits this season is sitting at 181. He has bounced back from a subpar season last year that was impacted by <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/09\/09\/blue-jays-bo-bichette-injured-list-joey-loperfido-recalled\/\" target=\"_self\">injuries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bichette&#8217;s absence will certainly be a tough loss, but so far, the Blue Jays have been able to gather up wins without him. They swept the Baltimore Orioles over the weekend, but aside from this series, the Blue Jays have gained contributions from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/05\/24\/blue-jays-bottom-order-of-lineup\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">bottom part of the lineup<\/a>. This shows how the Blue Jays have grown over the last few seasons. While Bichette is a solid player to rely on offensively, they are in good hands with stars like <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/guerrvl02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-09-16_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vladimir Guerrero Jr.<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/springe01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-09-16_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">George Springer<\/a>, as well as guys like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/strawmy01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-09-16_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Myles Straw<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/clemeer01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-09-16_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ernie Clement<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/heinety01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-09-16_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Heineman<\/a>, who have exceeded expectations this season.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette is seeking a second opinion on his knee injury that occurred on September 6th. He was placed on the 10-day injured list, and what appeared to be a relatively minor injury is starting to look more serious. Following this season, Bichette will get the opportunity to test free agency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4831,"featured_media":92553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1071,35],"tags":[1608,28346,548,5032,640],"class_list":["post-107176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bluejays","category-mlb","category-news","tag-bo-bichette","tag-ernie-clement","tag-george-springer","tag-myles-straw","tag-vladimir-guerrero-jr"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107176"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107187,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107176\/revisions\/107187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}