{"id":599238,"date":"2026-03-01T03:50:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T03:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/599238\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T03:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T03:50:19","slug":"blue-jays-shane-bieber-trending-in-right-direction-but-theres-a-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/599238\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Jays\u2019 Shane Bieber trending in right direction, but there\u2019s a catch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blue Jays\u2019 Shane Bieber trending in right direction, but there\u2019s a catch<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> star pitcher Shane Bieber<\/a> is dealing with forearm fatigue, and the team is taking a cautious approach with the right-handed hurler. Bieber is expected to begin the season on the IL<\/a>. He could return in April, but an official timeline has yet to be revealed. Keegan Matheson of MLB.com provided the latest update<\/a> on Bieber Saturday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShane Bieber is still throwing at 120 feet, Schneider says, but not yet off the mound. Seems like everything is still going according to their plan, but it\u2019s difficult to chart out any sort of timeline until the first time Bieber throws a real bullpen session,\u201d Matheson wrote on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n

It does not seem as if the starter is dealing with anything too serious. Toronto is being cautious for good reason, as Bieber has dealt with injury trouble in the past. He also pitched deep into October in 2025 as part of the Blue Jays\u2019 World Series run.<\/p>\n

Bieber understands the decision<\/a>, something he recently made clear<\/a>, via Mitch Bannon of The Athletic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was just advised to take a little bit of time off and take it slow,\u201d Bieber said. \u201cThese things take time, you know, I\u2019m still not even two years out from TJ.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As Bieber acknowledged, he underwent Tommy John surgery just under a couple of years ago. The Blue Jays know the injury history. Their goal is to have him healthy for a potential postseason run. Toronto would surely rather see Bieber be held out for a few games early in the regular season than be rushed back and possibly miss time down the stretch.<\/p>\n

Related: Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins names 2 players who can help Toronto shatter 2026 expectations<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Blue Jays star George Springer details truth of co-leadership duties with Vladimir Guerrero Jr.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blue Jays\u2019 Shane Bieber trending in right direction, but there\u2019s a catch appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2378],"tags":[5,377,2554,4,1271,282,70,2553],"class_list":{"0":"post-599238","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto-blue-jays","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-blue-jays","10":"tag-bluejays","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-shane-bieber","13":"tag-toronto","14":"tag-toronto-blue-jays","15":"tag-torontobluejays"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116151885808271274","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}