When a contending MLB team makes a deal for an impactful player at the trade deadline, their intention is for that player to not only help out the club down the stretch, but to come up huge in the biggest moments of the playoffs. For Shane Bieber, he just did that for the Toronto Blue Jays this past Wednesday with perhaps their entire 2025 season on the line.
Needing a big win to avoid going down 3-0 in the ALCS, Bieber delivered perhaps his best start in a Jays uniform. Other than the one blemish in the first inning that led to Julio Rodríguez’s two-run home run, the former Cy Young winner was in total control of the Mariners’ lineup all night.