Mets' Bo Bichette making statement after early struggles
The former Blue Jays star is settling in.
Mets' Bo Bichette making statement after early struggles originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . It's easy to get caught up in the early-season small sample sizes of baseball.
Bo Bichette began the season 2-for-22, and since he had signed for big money to leave the Toronto Blue Jays for the New York Mets , everyone noticed. Since that rough start, though, Bichette is 11 for his last 35. In that stretch, he has doubled twice and driven in three runs while only striking out six times in 35 at bats, a rate much more in line with his career average than his early-season eight Ks in 22 at bats.
MORE: Aaron Judge's case as the greatest right-handed hitter of all time Bichette has hit safely in seven of eight games played since the calendar turned to April. His April lines go: 1-5 1-4 3-5 2-5 0-4 1-5 2-4 1-3 MORE: Yankees outfielder once battled ostrich in 11-plate spaghetti-eating contest Bichette's power hasn't shown up yet, but the Mets will certainly be encouraged by him getting into a groove at being the pure hitter that they knew he was when they signed him. It's a lot of adjustments all at once for Bichette.
Not only had he left the only professional organization he ever knew, he's also taken up third base for the first time. Learning a new position in a new place could certainly add plenty of stress, especially in a big market like New York. It would've been fair if Bichette was still struggling, but it's a good sign that he's not.