MLB Trade Deadline: Blue Jays wins Cy Young winner Shane Bieber
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2020 American League Cy Young winners are moving.
Toronto Blue Jays The team acquired Shane Bieber from the Cleveland Guardians in exchange for prospect Cal Stephen, announced Thursday.
The 30-year-old Bieber has not started this season as he recovers from Tommy John’s surgery last season.
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Shane Bieber, #57 of the Cleveland Guardians, will pitch in six innings against the Cincinnati Reds at Progressive Field in Cleveland on September 27, 2023. (George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images)
In this free agency in past offseasons, Beaver signed a one-year contract Guardianreportedly worth up to $10 million in 2026, including $16 million player options.
The two-time All-Star pitched in just two games before undergoing surgery in two games last season. The Bieber was closed after the start of initial rehabilitation when he experienced pain in his surgically repaired elbow.
But things have been going smoothly since that first setback, as he began four rehabilitations in July between the Rookie League Arizona Complex, High A Lake County and Double A Akron.
Beaver threw it He has had 57 pitches at the start of his final rehab and is on track to make his season debut one day in August.
Guardian starting pitcher Shane Bieber will begin rehabilitation of the Akron Rubber Ducks at Canal Park on July 29, 2025. (image)
Bieber spent his entire seven-year career with the Guardians.
The Blue Jays currently have five starting pitchers: Kevin Gorman, Chris Bassitt, Joseberios, Eric Lauer and Max Scherzer, but the team is not able to pitch enough.
If Beaver were to return near his younger form, the Blue Jays would have added another ace to their rotation. He won the award in 2020 during the season that affected the coronavirus.
The Blue Jays are 64-46 and hold a four-game lead New York Yankees First place in the American League East.
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Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Shane Beaver #57 turns his eyes on the dugout in four innings of the Colorado Rockies and Cleveland Guardians Major League Baseball Interleague games at Progressive Field in Cleveland on July 30, 2025. (Ranking Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Stephen, 22, was the Blue Jays’ second round pick in the 2024 MLB draft. Mississippi. At three minor league levels this season, Stephen flourished.
Stephen has a 9-1 record with 2.06 in 17 starts this season and 91.2 innings.
Guardians are 54-54, but they’re 9 games behind Detroit Tigers He finished first in the American League Central. They are also rumored to trade other key players on the roster before the transaction deadline.
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