Blue Jays acquires Cy Young Winner Shane Bieber de Cleveland

The Blue Jays de Toronto acquired the former winner of the Cy Young Prize, Shane Bieber of the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday.
Bieber has not presented an MLB match since April 2, 2024. He underwent Tommy John surgery after only two departures in 2024 and has been rehabilitated since.
In return, Cleveland will receive the right -handers Khal Stephen, classified by MLB Pipeline as the Perspective N ° 5 of the Blue Jays system.
Official: We have acquired 2x MVP All-Star, All-Star, winner of the Cy Young Award, winner of Triple Crown and Gold Glover Shane Bieber of Guardians in exchange for RHP Khal Stephen.
Welcome to Blue Jays, Biebs! pic.twitter.com/ogctd8kceh
– Toronto Blue Jays (@Bluejays) July 31, 2025
Bieber, 30, launched 57 locations on Tuesday in a rehabilitation for Double-A Akron. He gave a point on three strokes, including a solo home run. struck seven shots and walked.
In all, he made four rehabilitation departures and experienced an MPM of 1.59 in 11 1/3 rounds. He abandoned two points in seven strokes and a walk and withdrew 21 strikers.
Cleveland selected Bieber in the fourth round of the MLB 2016 MLB draft, and he spent seven seasons with the club, winning two stars selections. He won the Al Cy Young 2020 Prize in the Pandemic season with an 8-1 and 1.63 MPM file, also winning the launcher triple.
Overall, his record with Cleveland was 62-32 with an MPM of 3.22 in 136 games (134 departures).
It has a player option of $ 16 million for 2026.
The Stephen of 6 feet 4 inches, 22, was selected in the second round of the recovery of the MLB 2024 of the state of the Mississippi. He launched three levels this season, more recently with Double-A New Hampshire, and is 9-1 with an MPM of 2.06 in 18 games (17 departures). With 99 stick withdraws and 18 balls on balls, he has a 5.50 walk withdrawal ratio.
– field level media