Shane Bieber returning to Blue Jays after exercising $16M US option in contract

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Starting pitcher Shane Bieber volition instrumentality to the Toronto Blue Jays, with the squad saying Wednesday helium exercised his subordinate enactment for the 2026 campaign.

Veteran pitcher won World Series Game 4 and posted 3.86 ERA successful post-season

Gregory Strong · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Nov 05, 2025 10:11 AM EST | Last Updated: November 5

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Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Shane Bieber looks to the assemblage aft the 3rd retired successful the 3rd inning against the hometown Los Angeles Dodgers successful Game 4 connected October 28, 2025 successful California.

Starting pitcher Shane Bieber has elected to instrumentality to the Toronto Blue Jays adjacent play alternatively than participate the unfastened marketplace arsenic a escaped agent.

He has exercised his $16 cardinal US subordinate enactment for the 2026 season, the squad said Wednesday.

Bieber, 30, was 4-2 and posted a 3.57 earned-run mean with Toronto aft being acquired from the Cleveland Guardians astatine the commercialized deadline this past summer.

His instrumentality solidifies a starting rotation that volition apt see ace Kevin Gausman, Trey Yesavage, Jose Berrios and possibly Eric Lauer. It's unclear if right-handers Max Scherzer and Chris Bassitt volition return, arsenic some are escaped agents.

Bieber posted a 2-1 grounds successful the post-season with a 3.86 ERA. He earned a Game 4 roadworthy triumph against the Los Angeles Dodgers successful the World Series and pitched successful alleviation successful Game 7.

Bieber gave up a go-ahead location tally to Will Smith successful the 11th inning of the Blue Jays' 5-4 nonaccomplishment astatine Rogers Centre.

Since his large league debut with Cleveland successful 2018, Bieber has a 66-34 grounds and 3.24 ERA. He won the American League Cy Young Award successful the pandemic-shortened 2020 run aft going 8-1 with a 1.63 ERA for the Guardians.

Bieber allowed 2 hits implicit six innings successful his Toronto debut connected Aug. 22 successful his archetypal major-league commencement since undergoing Tommy John country successful April 2024.

His instrumentality for 2026 was somewhat of a surprise, fixed helium apt could person signed a lucrative semipermanent woody connected the unfastened market. By returning to the Blue Jays, helium gets a accidental to boost his worth further connected a squad that's expected to contend again adjacent year.

Toronto won 94 games this past play to assertion the AL East Division title.

The Blue Jays defeated the New York Yankees successful the AL Division Series and the Seattle Mariners successful the AL Championship Series earlier falling to the Dodgers.

Spring grooming begins successful mid-February. The Blue Jays volition statesman their 2026 play connected March 26 against the visiting Athletics.

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