CLEVELAND, Ohio — As former Cleveland ace Shane Bieber prepares to take the mound for the Toronto Blue Jays in a critical playoff game against the New York Yankees, cleveland.com beat reporters Joe Noga and Paul Hoynes engaged in a spirited debate on the Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast about whether the Guardians should regret trading their former Cy Young winner.

The question came pointedly from Hoynes: “Do you think the Guardians have any regret about trading him?”

It’s a question that naturally emerges as Bieber — once the cornerstone of Cleveland’s rotation — now finds himself pitching crucial October innings for another franchise while his former team sits at home after a first-round playoff exit.

Noga, however, pushed back on the notion that keeping Bieber would have fundamental

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