{"id":272488,"date":"2025-11-05T06:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T06:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/272488\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T06:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T06:37:08","slug":"shane-bieber-opts-in-to-stay-with-blue-jays-after-run-to-world-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/272488\/","title":{"rendered":"Shane Bieber opts in to stay with Blue Jays after run to World Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Jays star Shane Bieber is opting into his $16 million player option for 2026, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/1985905711130227066\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Post\u2019s Jon Heyman reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bieber will make $16 million in 2026, the final year of a two-year, $26 million contract that he originally inked with the Guardians last winter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Had he declined his player option, Bieber would have received a $4 million buyout.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37578861\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/toronto-blue-jays-pitcher-shane-114398123.jpg\" alt=\"Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Shane Bieber winding up for a pitch.\" class=\"wp-image-37578861\"  \/>Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Shane Bieber winds up for a pitch against the Dodgers during the second inning of Game 4 of the World Series. CAROLINE BREHMAN\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis group is unlike any other that I\u2019ve been a part of,\u201d Bieber said following the season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6777025\/2025\/11\/04\/shane-bieber-blue-jays-player-option\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">per The Athletic<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s a sentiment that we all kind of shared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Guardians traded Bieber to the Blue Jays on July 31, and the right-handed starter made seven starts in the regular season following the trade, posting a 4-2 record with a 3.57 ERA and a 1.017 WHIP.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the playoffs, Bieber went 2-1 with a 3.86 ERA and a 1.446 WHIP.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Bieber was recovering from Tommy John surgery when he arrived in Toronto and took some time before he returned from the procedure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bieber won the American League Cy Young Award in 2020 while with the Guardians, going 8-1 and posting a 1.63 ERA during the COVID-19 shortened season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of his career, Bieber has gone 66-34 in 141 starts with a 3.24 ERA and 995 strikeouts, while also making two All-Star appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Bieber\u2019s decision to remain in Toronto keeps him as part of a pitching staff that includes Kevin Gausman, Jose Berrios, Trey Yesavage, Eric Lauer and Bowden Francis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Jays will have plenty of expectations on them going into next season after a run to the World Series that came down to an extra-innings loss to the Dodgers in Game 7.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bieber came into the game out of the bullpen to pitch in relief and surrendered the go-ahead home run to Will Smith in the 11th inning.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blue Jays star Shane Bieber is opting into his $16 million player option for 2026, The Post\u2019s Jon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,130885,39121,99,364],"class_list":["post-272488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-free-agency","tag-shane-bieber","tag-sports","tag-toronto-blue-jays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}