Cleveland Guardians announce major news surrounding pitcher Shane Bieber

Cleveland Guardians fans, your ace starting pitcher is adjacent to uncovering his measurement backmost connected a awesome convention field. 

Shane Bieber, nan 2020 AL Cy Young Award winner, is scheduled to make a rehab commencement successful nan Arizona Complex League connected Tuesday pinch Triple-A Columbus. 

The righty made conscionable 2 starts for nan Guardians successful nan 2024 season, winning some starts and striking retired 20 batters successful conscionable 12 innings of work. 

Unfortunately, that was each that Bieber could muster for nan year, arsenic he would acquisition Tommy John room successful April of 2024, and has been inactive since then. 

Bieber was again trending towards a comeback earlier this twelvemonth but suffered a setback during a bullpen convention past month, and his rehab was pushed backmost a small further. 

Bieber's 2020 Cy Young play saw him execute nan first pitching Triple Crown successful nan American League since Justin Verlander successful his 2011 MVP season, scoring 8 wins, a 1.63 earned tally average, and 122 strikeouts successful a COVID-plagued season, which besides saw Bieber decorativeness 4th successful AL MVP voting. 

And pinch really nan Guardians' 2025 play is going truthful far, nan squad could decidedly usage their ace backmost connected nan mound doing what he does best.