From the time he was taken in the fourth round of the 2016 MLB draft to making his major league debut tonight, Shane Bieber has been a part of the Cleveland Indians organization for less than two years.
Incredible.
It’s not often a player can strap a rocket to themselves and shoot through the minor league system like Bieber, but a consistent approach and steady, impressive results have helped dramatically.
Bieber was drafted June 10, 2016 out of UC Santa Barbara. Here’s what then-Indians director of amateur scouting Brad Grant had to say about him at the time:
He’s another guy that has an advanced feel to pitch.