Bichette off Jays' ALCS roster; Scherzer, Bassitt on

Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette is not connected the roster for the AL Championship Series vs. the Seattle Mariners.

Bichette has not played since spraining his near genu successful a collision connected Sept. 6. He ran for the archetypal clip Wednesday, deed unrecorded pitching Friday and appeared to beryllium successful immoderate discomfort arsenic helium ran the bases for the archetypal clip Saturday.

Game 1 against the Mariners is scheduled for Sunday nighttime astatine Rogers Centre.

Toronto's discourtesy did not falter without the 27-year-old Bichette successful the AL Division Series. The Blue Jays scored 34 runs successful the 4 games and pounded the New York Yankees' pitching for 23 runs successful the archetypal 2 contests astatine home. But Bichette was 1 of the team's 3 champion hitters during the regular season.

A escaped cause this winter, Bichette rebounded from a dreadful, injury-plagued 2024 play successful which helium posted a .598 OPS successful 81 games to his erstwhile All-Star-level signifier successful his level year. He batted .311 -- tied for 2nd successful the AL -- with 18 location runs, 94 RBIs and an .840 OPS successful 139 games, though helium was the worst antiaircraft shortstop successful the majors arsenic measured by outs supra mean and antiaircraft runs saved.

Andres Gimenez, antecedently the team's starting 2nd baseman, started astatine shortstop for the Blue Jays successful their part bid triumph implicit Yankees. Utilityman Ernie Clement besides played shortstop for Toronto during the regular play aft Bichette's injury.

After carrying conscionable 3 starters successful the AL Division Series and deploying a bullpen crippled successful Game 4, the Blue Jays are carrying some Max Scherzer and Chris Bassitt -- who finished the play connected the injured database with backmost inflammation -- connected the ALCS roster arsenic imaginable options for length. Both starters threw successful a simulated crippled aboriginal successful the week astatine Rogers Centre.

ESPN's Jorge Castillo contributed to this report.