Bo Bichette

Fan & Media Sentiment

Bo Bichette's public standing in New York has cratered to one of the uglier narrative situations in the sport right now, with fan sentiment sitting at a D+ — trending upward but still firmly in the red. The story driving that grade is as blunt as it gets: Mets home crowds have been openly booing the highly-paid shortstop during struggling at-bats, and Bichette himself has essentially co-signed the criticism, publicly acknowledging that his at-bats have been genuinely terrible, which is a disarming admission but does little to quiet a fanbase already on edge with the team sitting at 13-22. What makes this situation particularly sharp is the disconnect between perception and production — his performance grade is a flat-out A, meaning the underlying results are there even as the optics have been brutal, a paradox that suggests either a brutal early sample skewing the fan reaction or a broader frustration being channeled onto a visible, well-compensated target. A go-ahead RBI single has been framed as the opening chapter of a "redemption tour," which is both encouraging and telling — when a single positive moment requires that framing, the narrative hole is deep. Ronny Mauricio's fractured left thumb now shifts Bichette back to shortstop as the unquestioned starter at the position, which removes any roster ambiguity but also raises the stakes: every at-bat is now in the spotlight with no positional buffer. His All-MLB 2nd Team recognition from 2025 provides legitimate credibility to lean on, but New York has a short institutional memory for past accolades when the current run is this rough. The bottom line is that the narrative is moving in the right direction — D- to D+ over 30 days is real, if modest, progress — but Bichette has a long way to go before Citi Field stops treating him like the problem rather than part of the solution.