Some Teams Are Reportedly Looking at Bo Bichette for Third Base or Second Base ...Middle East

You may vaguely remember that, a few years ago, there were stray rumors about the possibility the Cubs could try to trade for Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette, rather than signing one of the big shortstops available in free agency at the time. The Cubs, of course, went on to sign Dansby Swanson. A year later, there were stray rumors about whether the Cubs might try again to trade for Bichette, this time to play third base.

There hasn’t been much there since, in part because Bichette had such a down 2024 season, and then was in his walk year in 2025. Bichette, 28 next season, is now a free agent, coming off a rebound season that saw him put up a career-best slash line at the plate (.311/.357/.483/134 wRC+, with peripherals to support). As a shortstop, Bichette is not an obvious fit for the Cubs, and he’s projected to get upwards of $200 million in free agency on a deal of seven or eight years, which probably prices him out of the Cubs’ spending preferences in any case.

However. I did find this tweet from Jon Morosi, the main progenitor of those previous Cubs-Bo Bichette rumors by the way, to be mildly interesting:

Can confirm Bo Bichette has received interest from multiple teams who view him as a second baseman or third baseman, due to the presence of an established shortstop on those rosters. Further evidence that the World Series augmented his value in the marketplace.@MLBNetwork

On the one hand: duh. When you’re getting your huge crack at the free agent market coming off a big year at the plate, you’re going to listen to ANY suitor that has thoughts on how you might fit with them.

On a related hand: Bo Bichette’s defensive metrics have been trending down at shortstop, and this season, he was in the 1st percentile for range at shortstop (yikes) and 36th percentile for arm (not sure that gets any better from here). A move to second or third base at some point in the years ahead was probably going to be on the table anyway, so of course teams are interested in discussing it.

On the other hand: Bichette’s price tag may be inflated by his ability to play shortstop. And a team that doesn’t need him there or can’t use him there, even for a year or two, might therefore be “overpaying” relative to his value on their team as a third baseman or a second baseman.

If you love the player, who again is only going to be 28, maybe that doesn’t matter. I think we can safely say that his 2024 season was a weird blip on what has otherwise been a very consistent and impressive career at the plate:

Who wouldn’t want that bat in their lineup? And even if he weren’t a shortstop, imagine a world where he was an average defender at third base or second base? That’s a very valuable player, still in his prime.

Bo Bichette and the Chicago Cubs

So, then, if we’ve talked about the Cubs looking at third base as an area for an immediate offensive upgrade, should they be looking at Bo Bichette?

Actually, that question is too easy to answer. Of course they SHOULD be looking at Bichette as a possibility. If it’s true for Alex Bregman, a player we know the Cubs have liked, then it should be true for Bo Bichette. He upgrades the offense in 2026, Matt Shaw plays in a utility role (which upgrades the bench and the depth at multiple spots), and then you sort out the infield composition in 2027 if Nico Hoerner departs in free agency. There are arguments here that are not difficult to make.

What’s difficult is seeing the Cubs committing $200 million on a long-term deal. Because, you know, they historically do not do that. Maybe Bo Bichette is an exception. Maybe Bo Bichette winds up getting a lot less than expected. I’ll pay attention to his market just to cover all my bases, but there is nothing in the history of this front office or this ownership group that provides actual evidence that they will outbid the market for a $200+ million player. Until they do it, my default assumption has to be that it is unlikely to happen.

That isn’t to say that Bichette’s presence on the “third base market” doesn’t matter at all, though. There’s always that teeny, tiny assist that a player’s presence on the market can provide in other talks. If most teams are viewing Bichette as a third or second baseman, then maybe it dents the Alex Bregman or Eugenio Suarez or Kazuma Okamoto markets ever so slightly. It won’t be a ground-shaking move, especially since this was already suspected on Bichette, but you never know when there’s some team out there that REALLY wants Player A, but would bid up Player B if they can’t get A. And if the Cubs REALLY want Player B, well, then there can be an assist.

So, again, until we see real evidence that there’s going to be a serious pursuit by the Cubs here, I probably will not focus too much energy on the possibility of Bo Bichette playing third base for the Cubs in 2026, even in spite of the reported past interest. But his free agency nevertheless could provide an impact in Chicago at the margins.

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