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Est. Return 8/19/2025
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2025 Fantasy Outlook
Bieber dazzled during spring training and in his first two starts of the 2024 regular season, seemingly putting concerns of his elbow issues from 2023 behind him. Unfortunately, previous injury remains the best predictor of future injury and it was at that point when it was announced Bieber needed Tommy John surgery. He will miss the first few months of the 2025 campaign and represents a wild card even before accounting for how his stuff and command bounces back post-op. Bieber's velocity and strikeouts have been heading in the wrong direction, save for the two-start sample in 2024, but he showed in 2022 he can still turn in an elite fantasy performance even with diminished stuff. He'll remain in familiar hands, inking a one-year, $14 million deal with Cleveland, so there will be motivation from both sides for him have a strong showing in the second half. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a one-year, $10 million contract with the Guardians in December of 2024. Traded to the Blue Jays in July of 2025. Contract includes $16 million player option ($4 million buyout) for 2026.
One more rehab start on tap
Bieber (elbow) built up to 78 pitches in a rehab start for Triple-A Buffalo on Saturday, Andres Soto of MLB.com reports.
Analysis
The veteran righty allowed two runs on four hits and a walk over 5.2 innings while striking out six, continuing a tantalizing run that has seen him post a 3.06 ERA, 0.91 WHIP and stellar 23:2 K:BB over 17.2 rehab innings since the All-Star break. The Blue Jays want Bieber to make one more rehab start before they debut their big trade-deadline acquisition, with manager John Schneider indicating his target workload will be 85 pitches. The team has yet to decide whether it will move to a six-man rotation when Bieber is activated from the IL, but Schneider seems to be against it. "You don't want to have that long of a layoff [between starts]," he said Saturday. Bieber hasn't pitched in the majors since April 2, 2024, his last outing with the Guardians before undergoing Tommy John surgery, but it appears as though he'll be ready to handle a regular workload right away once he's activated.
The veteran righty allowed two runs on four hits and a walk over 5.2 innings while striking out six, continuing a tantalizing run that has seen him post a 3.06 ERA, 0.91 WHIP and stellar 23:2 K:BB over 17.2 rehab innings since the All-Star break. The Blue Jays want Bieber to make one more rehab start before they debut their big trade-deadline acquisition, with manager John Schneider indicating his target workload will be 85 pitches. The team has yet to decide whether it will move to a six-man rotation when Bieber is activated from the IL, but Schneider seems to be against it. "You don't want to have that long of a layoff [between starts]," he said Saturday. Bieber hasn't pitched in the majors since April 2, 2024, his last outing with the Guardians before undergoing Tommy John surgery, but it appears as though he'll be ready to handle a regular workload right away once he's activated.
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| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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| Since 2023vs Left | .280 | 63 | 24 | 72 | 10 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .224 | 64 | 11 | 62 | 4 | |||
| 2025vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .190 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .261 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .288 | 52 | 23 | 68 | 10 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .220 | 55 | 11 | 56 | 4 | |||
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| Since 2023Home | 3.46 | 1.26 | 65.0 | 8.3 | 3.0 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 3.48 | 1.16 | 75.0 | 8.0 | 1.6 | ||||
| 2025Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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| 2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024Away | 0.00 | 0.92 | 12.0 | 15.0 | 0.8 | ||||
| 2023Home | 3.46 | 1.26 | 65.0 | 8.3 | 3.0 | ||||
| 2023Away | 4.14 | 1.21 | 63.0 | 6.7 | 1.7 | ||||
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Bieber reached 200 frames in a season during 2022 for the second time in his career and was one of the best pitchers in the AL with a 2.88 ERA and 1.04 WHIP, but he ended up making just 21 starts in 2023 after experiencing elbow inflammation in July, marking the second time in three years he's missed a significant chunk of the season. The good news is the right-hander returned for two late-season starts and should have a relatively normal offseason. The not-so-good news is that Bieber took a step back prior to the injury, and he finished the campaign with a 3.80 ERA, 1.23 WHIP and 107:34 K:BB across 128 innings. Considering he had career worsts in strikeout rate (20.1 percent), hard-hit rate (47.6 percent) and average exit velocity (91.6 MPH), the aforementioned numbers don't look quite so bad. His fastball velocity was also below 92 MPH for the second straight year, down nearly three ticks from 2020. Bieber's track record of success in the majors (3.07 ERA in 114 games over the past five years) is a steadying force and makes him a solid bet to bounce back in 2024, but there are certainly a few worrying trends with his down velocity and injuries over the past few years.
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Two more rehab starts coming
Bieber (elbow) will make another rehab start with Triple-A Buffalo on Saturday, and Blue Jays manager John Schneider indicated that the right-hander will likely make one more start after that before being activated from the 60-day injured list, Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reports.
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Works five frames in rehab start
Bieber (elbow) struck out six and allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk over five innings in his rehab start Sunday with Triple-A Buffalo.
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Could make final rehab start Sunday
Bieber (elbow) is expected to throw 70-to-75 pitches in a rehab start for Triple-A Buffalo on Sunday, Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reports.
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Heading to Toronto
The Blue Jays acquired Bieber (elbow) from the Guardians on Thursday in exchange for right-hander Khal Stephen (shoulder), Jon Morosi of MLB Network reports.
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Next start scheduled
Bieber (elbow) will make his next rehab start Tuesday for Double-A Akron, MLB.com reports.
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Guardians motivated to trade
The Guardians are "trying to move" Bieber before the trade deadline, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports.
Analysis
Bieber -- who is working his way back from Tommy John surgery -- dazzled in his latest rehab start with Double-A Akron on Tuesday, striking out seven over four innings of one-run ball. He should be major-league ready in early August, and while it would take a leap of faith from a contender to trade for him, Bieber represents a high-upside gamble. Bieber holds a $16 million player option -- or $4 million buyout -- for 2026, which he would surely decline if he pitches well down the stretch.
Bieber -- who is working his way back from Tommy John surgery -- dazzled in his latest rehab start with Double-A Akron on Tuesday, striking out seven over four innings of one-run ball. He should be major-league ready in early August, and while it would take a leap of faith from a contender to trade for him, Bieber represents a high-upside gamble. Bieber holds a $16 million player option -- or $4 million buyout -- for 2026, which he would surely decline if he pitches well down the stretch.