Draft and minor leagues in 2017 The
Toronto Blue Jays selected Bichette in the second round of the
2016 MLB draft. He said afterward that he turned down "about four offers" during the draft in order to go to Toronto. He signed there for a $1.1 million bonus on June 17. After opening the season with a .431 batting average through 18 games with the
Gulf Coast League Blue Jays, Bichette was placed on the 7-day injured list after experiencing an injury to his midsection, which was later determined to be a ruptured
appendix. He returned to the lineup shortly before the end of the season, and finished the year with a .427 batting average, four home runs, and 36
runs batted in (RBI) in 22 games. Despite missing more than half of the season with injury, Bichette was named the Gulf Coast League's end-of-season All-Star at shortstop on September 13. During the offseason, he represented
Brazil at the
2017 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 4. Bichette was assigned to the
Class-A Lansing Lugnuts to begin the 2017 season. On June 7, he was named a
Midwest League All-Star. To that point in the season, Bichette led the league in batting average,
hits,
runs scored,
slugging percentage, and
on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS). Bichette raised his batting average to an even .400 after a 7-for-8 performance in a doubleheader against the
South Bend Cubs on June 15. On June 29, he was named to the U.S. roster for the
2017 All-Star Futures Game. On July 6, Bichette was named the Midwest League Player of the Month for June. Later that day, the Blue Jays announced he would be promoted to the
Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays after the All-Star Futures Game. Bichette was named the
Midwest League's Most Valuable Player (MVP),
Prospect of the Year, and a Postseason All-Star on August 18 after hitting .384/.448/.623 with 32
doubles (2nd in the Midwest League), 10 home runs, and 51 RBIs in 70 games for Lansing. For Dunedin, Bichette appeared in 40 games and hit .323 with four home runs, 23 RBI, and 10 stolen bases. On October 5, 2017, MLB named Bichette Toronto's Minor League Hitter of the Year. ,
Ryan Mountcastle and
Jo Adell at the 2018 All-Star Futures Game In 2018, Bichette started the season with the
Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats. He appeared in 131 games and batted .286 with 95 runs (leading the
Eastern League), 43 doubles (leading the league), 7 triples (tied for the league lead), 11 home runs, 74 RBIs (tied for 3rd), 48 walks (9th), and 32 stolen bases (2nd). Bichette began the 2019 season with the
Triple-A Buffalo Bisons. On April 22, he was hit on the left hand by a pitch and later diagnosed with a broken hand.
Toronto Blue Jays (2019–2025) 2019 On July 29, 2019, the Blue Jays selected Bichette's contract and promoted him to the major leagues. On that day, he recorded his first major league hit, a single against
Brad Keller of the
Kansas City Royals, on the second major league pitch he saw. On July 31, Bichette recorded three hits against the Royals, the second of which was his first MLB home run. On August 6, Bichette became the first MLB player to hit 10 extra base hits in his first nine major league games with a double against the
Tampa Bay Rays. After hitting another
double on August 7, Bichette joined
Yadier Molina and
Derrek Lee as the only players in the
live-ball era to record a double in eight straight games and broke the Blue Jays franchise record set by
Carlos Delgado in 2000. Playing in Toronto for the first time the following day, Bichette extended his doubles streak to nine games, setting a new MLB record. He also set a new MLB record in extra-base hits in the first 11 games of his career with 13. He is the first rookie with 9 straight games with extra-base hits since
Ted Williams in 1939. Bichette set franchise records with 20 hits and an 11-game hit streak with a 1.316 OPS during the 11-game span. He finished the season hitting .311 with 11 home runs in 46 games.
2020 Overall with the Jays during the Covid-shortened
2020 season, Bichette batted .301 with five home runs and 23 RBIs in 29 games.
2021 On July 4, 2021, Bichette was named a
All-Star for the first time. At the time of his nomination, Bichette had a
slash line of .290/.340/.529, with 15 home runs and 54 RBI. Bichette finished the 2021 season batting .298/.343/.484 with 29 home runs, 102 RBIs and 25 stolen bases. He led the American League with 191 hits, while defensively he led the league with 24 errors.
2022 On September 5, 2022, Bichette had a 3-home run game in a game against the
Baltimore Orioles. In doing so, he also made history with teammate
Vladimir Guerrero Jr., in which they were the first pair of teammates to have a 3-home run game in the same season, and both have fathers who played in MLB. He finished the 2022 season with a .290/.333/.469
slash line, 24 home runs, 93 RBI, and led the majors in foul balls hit, with 587.
2023 Bichette led the American League in hits in both 2021 and 2022, with 191 and 189, respectively. On April 14, 2023, he recorded the 500th hit of his MLB career in his 407th game, surpassing the previous franchise record held by
Vernon Wells and
Shannon Stewart, who needed 432 games to reach the milestone. In 2023, he batted .306/.339/.475, had 175 hits (4th in the AL), and led AL batters in line drive percentage (27.4%) and percentage of balls hit to the opposite field (40.6%).
2024 In 2024, Bichette batted .225/.277/.322, had 70 hits, 4 HRs, and 31 RBI. Bichette injured the
posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on September 6 and missed the rest of the regular season. He returned to the Blue Jays' lineup in the
2025 World Series as the
second baseman, his first MLB appearance at the position. He launched a 3-run home run off the
Dodgers' pitcher
Shohei Ohtani in the 3rd inning of Game 7 of the World Series, but that was not enough, as his team ultimately lost Game 7 and the World Series. Following the World Series, Bichette became a free agent on November 5.
New York Mets (2026–present) On January 20, 2026, Bichette signed a three-year, $126 million contract with the
New York Mets. The deal included opt outs after the first and second year and player options after the second and third year. The Mets announced that he would primarily play
third base. ==International career==