During the excruciating phases of his recovery from Tommy John surgery, Shane Bieber allowed himself to dream on moments like the one that awaits him on Tuesday night in the Bronx Zoo that is Yankee Stadium.

With his Blue Jays team leading their division rivals 2-0 in the best-of-five ALDS, the accomplished starting pitcher the Blue Jays acquired at the summer trade deadline will get the ball with the assignment to help his team exact a sweep.

A win would send the Jays to the ALCS for the first time since 2016 and establish them as the hottest team in baseball at the most opportune time.

“Obviously you take it one step at a time, one day at a time and that’s the best way to approach it because it’s such a long process and a long road,” Bieber said in Toronto this past weekend when discu

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