The 2025 World Series is already a classic. After the Blue Jays and Dodgers just battled for an exhausting 18 innings in a Game 3 that ended with a Jays loss, Toronto hands the ball to Shane Bieber for a must-win Game 4. But as fans tune in, let’s get one thing out of the way first. Is Shane Bieber, the Blue Jays’ ace pitcher, related to Justin Bieber, the Canadian pop star?

While they share the same name, they are not related. Shane Bieber is the hard-throwing pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays from America, a former Cy Young Award winner and an All-Star Game MVP. The Jays made a huge bet on him this season when they brought him in July while he was still recovering from TJ.

And his famous namesake, Justin Bieber , is a completely different story. Justin is a Canadian icon from Ontar

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