The Toronto Blue Jays have taken a dip in the day of the MLB trade deadline, acquiring Shane Bieber from the Cleveland guardians.
Cleveland receives the right Khal Stephen, a league launcher under 22 years of age classified the number 5 prospect in the Toronto system by MLB Pipeline.
Bieber, 30, is about to return from Tommy John’s surgery and has not launched this season.
He has published an average of 1.59 whips won and 0.71 whip in four rehabilitation beginnings, including a seven-stroke performance on four tickets on Tuesday with Double-A Akron.
The former winner of the American League Cy Young has spent his entire career with Cleveland since he was recruited in 2016, compiling a 62-32 record with an effectiveness of 3.22 over 136 appearances in the major leagues. It is also two times there, Gold Glove, he was appointed MVP of the 2019 Star Game.
Bieber won the Cy Young in 2020 during the 60 -games pandemic season, after leading the major in victories (eight), effectiveness (1.63) and strikeouts (122), becoming the ninth pitcher since 1913 to claim the triple crown of MLB.
A one -year -old American contract agreed and $ 14 million last fall with a $ 16 million player option by 2026.
Stephen, meanwhile, has gone 9-1 with an effectiveness of 2.06 in three levels of lesser leagues this season.
The product of the state of Mississippi was a second round of Toronto in 2024 and has struggled 27.9 percent of the opposite batters in their first complete professional campaign.
It is the second great exchange of the Blue Jays this week after adding the reliever Seanthony Domínguez of the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday.
Toronto, which leads the American League East, opens a series of three games with Kansas City on Friday.
