Guardians' Shane Bieber: Set for Opening Day start
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Bieber will start Opening Day against the Mariners on Thursday, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.
Bieber will officially be making his fourth straight Opening Day start for the Guardians. The right-hander has elevated himself to the upper echelon of starting pitchers in the league over the past few seasons, most recently producing a 2.88 ERA and 1.04 WHIP with 198 strikeouts over 200 innings in 31 starts with Cleveland last year.
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Guardians' Shane Bieber: On track to start Opening Day
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Guardians manager Terry Francona told reporters that Bieber is on track to start Opening Day against the Mariners, Paul Hoynes of The Plain Dealer reports.
Not a big surprise. Bieber will be starting Opening Day for the fourth consecutive season, and is coming off a 2022 season where he recorded a 2.88 ERA, 198 strikeouts and a 1.04 WHIP over 200 innings in 31 starts. While Bieber doesn't miss bats at the same level of some elite starters, he should again be a strong fantasy option for managers in the 2023 campaign.
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Guardians' Shane Bieber: Avoids arbitration
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Bieber signed a one-year, $10.01 million contract with the Guardians on Friday, avoiding arbitration, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.
Coming off the heels of a 2.88 ERA, 1.04 WHIP season, the 27-year-old ace was in line for a pay increase from his $6 million salary last year. With a 2.91 ERA since 2019, Bieber remains one of the best and most reliable pitchers in all of baseball, and he shows no sign of slowing down heading into 2023.
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Guardians' Shane Bieber: Available in emergency in Game 5
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Bieber will be available in Cleveland's bullpen for Game 5 of the ALDS against the Yankees on Tuesday, though he's unlikely to be used, Mandy Bell of MLB.com reports.
The Guardians could have turned to Bieber on three days' rest to start Game 5, something the Yankees elected to do with Nestor Cortes, but they'll instead go with Aaron Civale. Cleveland seems to be trying to keep Bieber available to start Game 1 of the ALCS if at all possible, though the team will have to get there first.
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Guardians' Shane Bieber: Bumped back to Friday
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Bieber is scheduled to start Game 2 of the Guardians' ALDS matchup with the Yankees on Friday, Zack Meisel of The Athletic reports.
Bieber was set to start Thursday, but a rainout pushed that game back a day, and he will take the ball Friday instead. Bieber was brilliant in his first appearance of the postseason, giving up just one earned run over 7.2 innings and picking up the win last Friday against the Rays.
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Guardians' Shane Bieber: Five good innings in win
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Bieber (13-8) earned the win Sunday against Kansas City, striking out three in five innings while allowing two runs (one earned) on seven hits and a walk.
After scattering two hits and a walk through the first three innings, Bieber ran into trouble in the fourth and was the victim of some bad defense. The Royals hit three singles in the fourth and scored one of their two runs following a throwing error by Gabriel Arias. The five frames completed brought Bieber's season total to exactly 200, his second time reaching that mark in his career. He lines up to start one of the first two games of the American League Wild Card series at the end of the week in Cleveland.
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Guardians' Shane Bieber: One bad inning in no-decision
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Bieber allowed four runs on six hits while striking out six in six innings of a 6-5 extra-innings loss Tuesday against Tampa Bay. He did not factor into the decision.
After scattering two hits in the first three innings, Bieber struggled to get outs in the fourth inning. Four batters recorded hits, including Jose Siri's two-out, two-run homer. Following the offensive outburst, Bieber retired the last seven batters he faced. The poor inning ended his streak of 11 straight quality starts. While he's compiled a 2.51 ERA in six September starts, he's also given up seven long balls, equal to the total in his previous 17 starts combined.
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Guardians' Shane Bieber: Goes 7.2 frames in victory
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Bieber (12-8) earned the win over the White Sox on Thursday, completing 7.2 innings and allowing two runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out five batters.
Bieber yielded a run in the first inning but didn't allow Chicago to get back on the scoreboard until Gavin Sheets took him deep for a solo homer in the eighth. The righty hurler ended up with his fourth straight victory and his 11th consecutive quality start. Over that 11-game stretch, Bieber has posted an impressive 1.75 ERA and 79:9 K:BB along with an 8-2 record across 77.1 frames.
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Guardians' Shane Bieber: Notches 11th win
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Bieber (11-8) gave up one run on four hits and zero walks while striking out six in eight innings Saturday against the Twins. He picked up the win.
Bieber was in complete control, save for a solo home run from rookie Matt Wallner in the eighth inning on a hanging breaking ball. He has given up exactly one earned run in five of his last six starts. Bieber is on pace to make his next start in Chicago against the White Sox next week.
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Guardians' Shane Bieber: Earns 10th win with quality start
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Bieber (10-8) earned the win Sunday, allowing one run on five hits and one walk over 6.1 innings against the Twins. He struck out seven.
The Cleveland ace extended his quality-start streak to nine games en route to his 10th victory on the season. While he has only 10 wins, Sunday was his 21st quality start, indicating that he has been a victim of poor run support this year. He will take a 2.91 ERA into his next start, which is slated to come at home versus the Twins.
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Guardians' Shane Bieber: Excellent in win over Royals
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Bieber (9-8) allowed one run on four hits and a walk while striking out seven over eight innings to earn the win Tuesday over the Royals.
Bieber limited the damage to a Salvador Perez solo shot in the fourth inning. This matched Bieber's second-longest outing of the season, and he's now allowed one earned run in three of his last four starts. The Guardians' ace trimmed his ERA to 2.96 with a 1.06 WHIP and 171:34 K:BB through 167 innings over 26 starts this year. He's lined up for a road start this weekend against the Twins if Cleveland takes advantage of Thursday's off day to get by with a four-man rotation this week.
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Guardians' Shane Bieber: Allows three homers in loss
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Bieber (8-8) took the loss Thursday, allowing three runs on six hits and one walk over seven innings against the Orioles. He struck out 11.
Bieber allowed two first-inning solo homers -- one from Cedric Mullins to lead off the game and another from Anthony Santander with one out -- before giving up a third solo shot in the fourth inning to Ryan Mountcastle. The righty has now recorded seven straight quality starts, pitching seven innings in five of those outing. Despite the barrage of deep balls Thursday, the 27-year-old has not allowed a home run in eight of his last 11 appearances.
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Guardians' Shane Bieber: Goes seven innings in no-decision
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Bieber allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits and struck out nine over seven innings in a no-decision versus the Mariners. He did not walk a batter.
Both runs Bieber allowed came on sacrifice flies. He was slightly more effective than Seattle starter Logan Gilbert in what amounted to a pitchers' duel. Bieber has strung together six straight quality starts, allowing nine runs (seven earned) across 40.1 innings in that stellar span. The Cleveland ace has a 3.02 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and 153:32 K:BB in 152 innings over 24 outings this season. He's projected for a home start versus the Orioles next week.
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Guardians' Shane Bieber: Quality start despite loss
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Bieber (8-7) took the loss Saturday, allowing one earned run on five hits and three walks over 6.1 innings against the White Sox. He struck out four.
Bieber surrendered his lone earned run on a sixth-inning RBI double from first baseman Jose Abreu. The 27-year-old had recorded four straight wins entering this contest and boasts a 1.62 ERA and 0.96 WHIP in 33.1 innings over his last five starts. Furthermore, the righty has turned in five straight quality starts.
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Guardians' Shane Bieber: Lasts seven innings against Toronto
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Bieber (8-6) allowed two runs on eight hits and no walks while striking out six in seven innings to earn the win over the Blue Jays on Sunday.
Although Bieber gave up eight hits during Sunday's matchup, he limited the run production en route to his fourth consecutive win. The right-hander has posted quality starts in each of his last four appearances and has posted a 1.67 ERA and 0.89 WHIP in 27 innings over that stretch. He projects to make his next start at home against the White Sox on Saturday.
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Guardians' Shane Bieber: Tosses seven scoreless
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Bieber (7-6) earned the win after he pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and walking one while striking out eight against the Tigers.
Bieber was electric Tuesday, limiting the Tigers to just five baserunners while striking out eight batters for the third game in a row. The right-hander has now registered three straight quality starts after a six-run blowup versus the White Sox on July 24, allowing three runs while punching out 24 over his last 20 innings. He tentatively lines up to pitch again Sunday versus the Blue Jays.
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Guardians' Shane Bieber: Earns sixth win
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Bieber (6-6) allowed two earned runs on four hits and no walks while striking out eight across six innings to earn the win Wednesday against the Diamondbacks.
Bieber worked five shutout innings prior to surrendering a two-run homer to Alek Thomas. It was still a successful outing for Bieber otherwise, as he stayed out of trouble by inducing seven groundball outs to supplement his eight punchouts. Though he surrendered six earned runs July 24, Bieber has allowed only one earned run in three of his last four outings after Wednesday's performance. He now owns a 3.39 ERA with a 126:28 K:BB across 124.2 innings for the campaign.
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Guardians' Shane Bieber: Bounces back Friday
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Bieber (5-6) allowed a run on five hits and two walks with eight strikeouts in seven innings, earning the win over the Rays on Friday.
Bieber gave up six runs in his previous start, but he was back on track Friday with a sharp outing. He alternated good and bad starts in July, going 2-2 with a 4.23 ERA and 1.05 WHIP for the month in four turns through the rotation. The right-hander has a 3.41 ERA, 1.14 WHIP and 118:28 K:BB in 118.2 innings through 19 starts. He's projected for a favorable home start versus the Diamondbacks next week.
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Guardians' Shane Bieber: Tagged with six runs
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Bieber (4-6) allowed six runs on eight hits and a walk over six innings Sunday, striking out four and taking a loss against the White Sox.
All six runs against Bieber came via the long ball; he coughed up homers to Leury Garcia and AJ Pollock in the second inning before serving up a solo shot to Eloy Jimenez in the sixth. It was the second time in his last three starts in which he yielded five or more runs, bumping his season ERA from 3.16 to 3.55 during that span. Bieber is lined up to start in Tampa Bay next week.
Bieber and the Guardians won't face the Tigers on Sunday after the game was postponed due to inclement weather in Cleveland.
According to Zack Meisel of The Athletic, Bieber will have to wait until after the All-Star break for the Guardians' July 24 game in Chicago to build on his best outing of the season Tuesday, when he struck out seven and allowed just one earned run on three hits and no walks in a complete-game win over the White Sox. The Guardians and Tigers are set to make up Sunday's postponed game as part of a traditional doubleheader Aug. 15.
