SEATTLE -- Way back on July 31, the Blue Jays’ front office was dreaming of October.

A team doesn’t make a deal like Toronto did then, acquiring an injured Shane Bieber for its No. 5 prospect, Khal Stephen, without thinking of a deep postseason run, heavily weighing the risk and reward. On that day, the risk was that Bieber, a former Cy Young Award winner, wouldn’t return to that form following Tommy John surgery on his right elbow and that the price of a top pitching prospect would haunt the organization for years.

The reward was that Bieber absolutely would return to form and start big games as the Blue Jays hunt their first World Series title since 1993.

A night like Wednesday was the reward.

Bieber spun six innings of two-run ball in the Blue Jays’ 13-4 win over the Mariner

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