The commerce worth of Toronto Blue Jays beginning pitcher Shane Bieber is reportedly “trending upward after an impressive start today against the playoff-bound Tampa Bay Rays,” per Jon Morosi of MLB Network.
He added that the Rays, Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago White Sox are “among the teams active in the rotation market.”
The Blue Jays (47-56) are potential sellers forward of MLB’s Aug. 3 deadline, discovering themselves 12.5 video games again of the Rays within the AL East and six video games again of the ultimate AL Wild Card berth. It would take fairly the turnaround to get again into the playoff image (although Boston’s recently-halted 15-game successful streak may present some hope it may be accomplished).
And the Blue Jays have not been trending in a terrific course. On June 22 they have been 39-39, however since that date they’ve gone simply 8-17.
As for Bieber, the 31-year-old is 2-1 on the season with a 4.70 ERA, 1.43 ERA and 22 strikeouts in six begins (30.2 innings). The veteran began the season on the 60-day injured record resulting from elbow irritation and did not make his first begin of the season till June 23.
He had his finest begin of the season on Thursday, giving up only one run and three hits in seven innings throughout Toronto’s 3-1 win.
“That was outstanding,” supervisor John Schneider told reporters. “Limiting hard contact against a really good offensive team, especially the top of the order. And we played really good defense behind him.”
“I think that’s big for me,” Bieber added of exhibiting extra emotion on the mound throughout his newest begin. “I think that came a little later than I would have liked, but that’s a big part of baseball. Going out there and competing; believing in yourself and your team. A lot of baseball is energy and rhythm, and I’ve been able to find that lately, so happy with that.”
Whether he continues these efforts in Toronto or with a brand new group stays to be seen, however he is definitely put himself on the radar of contenders given his current begins.
