"We both have struggled" - Bo Bichette opens up on relationship with Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

Coming up through the Toronto Blue Jays' farm system together, both Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. made their big league debuts in 2019. Ever since, they have gone on to establish themselves as two of their team's most influential players.

Naturally, being of a similar age and playing baseball together pretty much every day for the best part of six years now, Bichette and Guerrero are the best of friends.

Speaking to Sportsnet's Hazel Mae on Saturday, Bo Bichette talked about how dealing with adversity throughout their careers has also strengthened their bond. On Monday on Instagram, Sportsnet posted a quote from Bichette.

"It's probably the strongest it's ever been (our friendship)," Bichette said. "We both have struggled, and we both have handled it well from a personal relationship standpoint. There's even more respect now as human beings with how we've dealt with adverstity, and how we've overcome it."

Both Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. have enjoyed excellent seasons. Bichette is batting .311 with 18 home runs and 94 RBIs, while Guerrero is hitting .301 with 23 home runs and 79 RBIs.

Just like Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the Toronto Blue Jays as a whole have bounced back well from past struggles

Bo Bichette's quote about bouncing back from adversity, in many ways, has also been the theme of the Toronto Blue Jays' season.

In 2024, the Blue Jays endured a disappointing season. With a 74-88 record, they finished rock bottom in the AL East, missing out on the playoffs by some distance. Heading into 2025, all fans hoped was for the team to avoid a similar fate.

However, fast-forward to the final month of the 2025 regular season, and the Blue Jays are sitting atop the AL East with an 82-61 record. They are on course to win the division for the first time since 2015 as long as they manage to hold on to their two-game lead.

Toronto Blue Jays v Baltimore Orioles - Game Two - Source: Getty

The Blue Jays lost two out of three to the second-place New York Yankees over the weekend. Bichette missed the last game of the series on Sunday after a hard collision on home plate on Saturday. However, he is expected to return to the lineup on Tuesday against the Houston Astros.

About the author

Raghav Mehta is a baseball journalist at Sportskeeda awaiting results for a Bachelor's in Journalism from Delhi University. He enjoys highlighting the key battles between players at different stages of the game and analyzing the decisive moments upon which they hinge.

One of Raghav's favorite moments, which underscores this, was the Shohei Ohtani vs. Mike Trout clash in the 2023 WBC, where two of baseball's best players faced off against each other in the 9th inning. With the score 3-2 to Japan, Shohei eventually got the strikeout, which was absolute cinema.

Raghav is a Baltimore Orioles fan and is enjoying watching such an exciting young team compete at the top in a very competitive division.

Raghav has loved watching sports for as long as he can remember and realized he was pretty decent at writing his thoughts down at around the age of 14. Combining the two meant he had something he would enjoy doing every day, and he had identified that well before going to college.

Aside from work, Raghav enjoys playing sports, working out and watching movies.

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Edited by Brad Taningco