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Guardians, Shane Bieber Avoid Arbitration

By Darragh McDonald | January 13, 2023 at 4:34pm CDT

The Guardians and right-hander Shane Bieber have avoided arbitration by agreeing to a $10.01MM salary for 2023, reports Jon Heyman of The New York Post.

Bieber, 28 in May, has spent his entire career in the Cleveland organization thus far, having been drafted by them in 2016. He made it to the big leagues by 2018 and was able to throw 114 2/3 innings with a 4.55 ERA. He took things up a notch the next year with a 3.28 ERA over 214 1/3 innings, striking out 30.2% of batters faced and walking only 4.7% of them.

In the 2020 season, Bieber went to incredible heights, registering a tiny 1.63 ERA for the season while striking out 41.1% of batters faced. His 3.2 wins above replacement from FanGraphs led all pitchers in the league. He won the American League Cy Young and came fourth in AL MVP voting.

Of course, that was the pandemic-shortened campaign and Bieber was never going to replicate those numbers over a full season. He was due for some regression in 2021 but also had to deal with a right shoulder subscapularis muscle strain that forced him to miss about three months. Nonetheless, he still posted a 3.17 ERA over 16 starts. In 2022, he stayed healthy and made 32 starts with a 2.88 ERA, keeping his walks to a tiny 4.6% rate while striking out 25% of opponents and getting ground balls at a 48.2% clip. He also made a couple of strong starts in the postseason to finish the year off.

Bieber has been highly-coveted by fans of other clubs given his tremendous success and the Guardians reportedly have some degree of openness to a deal. But nothing has come together so far, with Bieber sticking around as the ace of the Cleveland staff. He qualified for arbitration for the first time in 2022 and got a raise to $6MM. He’ll now bump just a hair above $10MM but just below the $10.7MM projection from MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz. He will be eligible for one more trip through the arb process in 2024 but is slated to reach free agency after that campaign.

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  1. Col_chestbridge

    4 weeks ago

    To get ahead of it: he’s not getting traded unless the Guardians are out of contention by mid-season which is unlikely. Next off season is a different story, and how it goes depends on what they do this year.

    That being said I’m surprised they haven’t gotten rid of Plesac.

    Reply
  2. jwenger

    4 weeks ago

    Quite a deal. Now extend him before Spring Training.

    Reply
    • Hello, Newman

      4 weeks ago

      I can only imagine what kind of contract that would look like.

      Reply
      • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

        4 weeks ago

        Prefer Shane over Justine any day, both can sing, only one can pitch…

        Reply
  3. SODOMOJO

    4 weeks ago

    SEE U OPENING DAY BEEBS!!!

    Reply
    • SODOMOJO

      4 weeks ago

      It’ll be Beebs….right? Not McKenzie?

      Reply
      • haymay

        4 weeks ago

        gotta be beiber

        Reply
      • Gwynning

        4 weeks ago

        You gotta Beliebe it

        Reply
  4. TrillionaireTeamOperator

    4 weeks ago

    I still think he’s overrated.

    Reply
    • mydogcrowder

      4 weeks ago

      He is. As a cleveland fan i dont like him as a player much tbh

      Reply
      • Gtfdrussell

        4 weeks ago

        and why is that? I’m certainly not suggesting a monstrous extension, but what don’t you like about him outperforming his contract every season (except arguably 2021)?

        Reply
  5. In nurse follars

    4 weeks ago

    Ten million is a bargain (on pre-season paper).

    Reply
  6. Mikenmn

    4 weeks ago

    I like the extra 10K. Reminds me (admittedly this has nothing to do with BB) when I was in London (a very long time ago) and the men’s clothing stores would advertise things for “under 100” but what they meant was under 100 Guineas, Since there were 21 Shillings to a Guinea, but only 20 Shillings to a Pound….it wasn’t really “under 100”

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