The New York Yankees are looking to improve their team this offseason. After failing to make it past the Toronto Blue Jays, the eventual World Series runner-up, they are more than motivated to improve their team where it counts. While they are the favorites to land a star starting pitcher (or two), a new rumor has them linked to an infield slugger who could help them on the other side of the ball.
This new rumor has one journalist suggesting that Bo Bichette is open to playing baseball somewhere other than Toronto in 2026.
Bo Bichette Open To Playing in New York
Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun has published a recent piece on Bichette and the Blue Jays. He acknowledges that Bichette has been vocal about remaining in Toronto. He also suggests that he has said some other things “quietly.”
“Bichette told everyone who would listen that he wants to stay a Blue Jay as free agency approaches,” Simmons wrote on November 9, 2025. “He wants to continue his World Series quest with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. He said that publicly while quietly telling some people he wouldn’t mind playing in New York in the future. The immediate future.”
“So, maybe he stays. Or, maybe he doesn’t. Or, maybe he already knows where he wants to be.”
One Last Embrace?
Simmons also revealed a theory about Bichette. One that involves the infielder knowing he wasn’t coming back to Toronto.
“But I couldn’t help but wonder, watching Bichette and Mattingly, the last two standing in the dugout on the last night of this spectacular season, if this was it for both of them,” Simmons wrote. “After Will Smith’s home run and the World Series-clinching double play silenced all of Canada, Bo Bichette walked behind Don Mattingly, Donnie Baseball, in the Blue Jays dugout and held on to the long-time major-leaguer.”
“Probably knowing that this was Mattingly’s last day as a Blue Jay. Maybe knowing, in his own mind, that this was his last day, as well.”
Bichette enjoyed a great season with the Blue Jays. In addition to making it all the way to the World Series in the postseason, he had an impressive regular season. He smacked 18 home runs out of the park, while driving in 94 RBIs, combined with a .311 batting average.
New York Yankees Expected to be Aggressive This Winter
Elsewhere, Bob Nightengale of USA Today attempted to answer some offseason questions in a recent article. He listed the Yankees as a team that looks to be aggressive this winter.
“They must spend just to keep up with the rest of the powerful AL East,” Nightengale wrote on November 10, 2025. “And will either bring back Cody Bellinger or sign Kyle Tucker.”
Nightengale also lists the Baltimore Orioles and Blue Jays as two AL East teams that will be very active before Spring Training.
“(Orioles) can’t afford to miss the postseason again, or GM Mike Elias’ job is on the line. They have to bring in a front-line starter,” Nightengale wrote about the Orioles before discussing Toronto. “They just earned an extra $50 million or so in revenue from their World Series run. They’ll put it right back into the team and could be the favorite for Kyle Tucker.”
No matter what the Yankees decide to do this offseason, they have to do something. With their rivals looking to load up, they must do the same to stay in the mix for the 2026 season.
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