A magician, a wizard, a surgeon, a druid, an angel sent straight from the Baseball Gods to guide us through this miserable year. Shane Bieber is a number of things, but above all he is a dominant starting pitcher who showed no mercy against a team that had no business being on the same field as him.
Bieber has been brilliant all year, and tonight against the Pirates he turned in another Cy Young-worthy six innings of work: 11 strikeouts, six hits and no walks. You may be surprised to know that this was only Bieber’s second game of the season without issuing a free base, and it was tied for his shortest outing of the season.