The Toronto Blue Jays certainly are planning for the long haul. They’ve got a starting pitcher, Shane Bieber, on for the 11th inning.
This is what they got him from Cleveland at the trade deadline for. Well, maybe not specifically for the 11th inning of a World Series game, but for a big moment like this.
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Why is Shane Bieber pitching?
The Blue Jays trust Bieber more than any of their remaining relief pitchers.
He also can potentially give multiple innings of length to the proceedings. He did just come back from Tommy John surgery over the summer, but Bieber has seemed healthy, and it’s the last game of the season, so why not let him keep it rolling?
Bieber has a 3.57 ERA so far in the postseason.
The Blue Jays are hoping he can lower that over an inning, or two, or three, in hopes of having time to get the offense a run and walk the World Series off.
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Billy Heyen
Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
