When the Toronto Blue Jays traded a top-five prospect in their farm system for injury-prone Shane Bieber at the end of July, plenty of fans expressed a healthy amount of skepticism. The 2020 Cy Young had not pitched in an MLB game since April of last year and was a massive question mark going into the final month of the 2025 regular season. Sometimes, though, a leap of faith can take a ballclub a long way.

Toronto's gamble is paying off in the playoffs. Although he has posted a couple of brief and rocky outings this postseason, Bieber has stepped up for the American League champions in critical situations. One night after the Blue Jays lost an 18-inning heartbreaker to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the World Series , the right-handed pitcher excelled in the most important

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