Bichette posts another three-hit game
On the day it became known the Blue Jays' top talent will out for an extended period of time, the other member of their dynamic prospect duo gave his organization something to be happy about.Toronto's No. 2 prospectBo Bichette tallied three singles and walked to reach base a fourth time
On the day it became known the Blue Jays' top talent will out for an extended period of time, the other member of their dynamic prospect duo gave his organization something to be happy about.
Toronto's No. 2 prospect
The Blue Jays said Sunday that baseball's second-ranked overall prospect
Baseball's No. 9 prospect held down the spot well, starting in the first inning when Bichette helped engineer a rally. After spotting Bowie a run in the top half of the frame, the 2016 second-round pick followed
Gameday box score
After singling to left to drive home
The performance marked Bichette's fourth multi-hit game in six days and second three-hit outing in the past three. The shortstop fell a home run short of the cycle Friday.
"I think early on in this season [Bichette] got away from what worked a little bit because of how he was being pitched -- he probably was being pitched a little differently than he was last year," New Hampshire hitting coach Hunter Mense told MiLB.com last month. "I think it got to him and he started making adjustments off that."
Bichette drew an eighth-inning walk off lefty
Now through 10 games in June, the 20-year-old sports a .361/.425/.500 slash line after posting marks of .256/.336/.427 in 30 May contests.
"It's been good for him to struggle, to be honest with you, because he's never done it," Mense said in May. "For him to go through this, the next time he struggles it's going to be a shorter ride through these struggles, because he'll know how to get out of it. We talked the other day -- when he makes it to the big leagues, he's going to struggle at some point too. Those struggles at the big leagues, those are the ones you want to be short. You can deal with them in the Minor Leagues. It's tough in the moment, but in the Minor Leagues you can fight through them."
Toronto's No. 28 prospect Jonathan Davis posted his first four-hit game of the season in the victory. The win marked the 1,000th in regular-season history for the Fisher Cats franchise.
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