
Shane Bieber Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 3" / 200 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 5/31/1995 (26)
- Experience
- 2
- College
- UC Santa Barbara
Shane Bieber Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Shane Bieber News
Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Shane Bieber was shelled in his first start of May, which came against the Toronto Blue Jays last Saturday. He lasted 3 1/3 innings and allowed eight hits, three walks and seven earned runs while failing to record a single strikeout. The 26-year-old has shown concerning velocity dips this year, averaging just 90.6 mph on his four-seamer, but his outcomes weren't bad before last Saturday's start. He went 1-1 with a 2.45 ERA and a 0.96 WHIP over five starts in April. He currently has a strikeout rate of just 21.5%, down from 33.1% last year, and he's allowing a barrel rate of 13.4%, up from 9% last year. We'll see if he's able to bounce back in his next trip to the mound against the Minnesota Twins on Saturday.
Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Shane Bieber fell to 1-1 despite earning a quality start in Monday's 3-0 loss to the Angels. Bieber pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing three runs on seven hits (including two home runs) and two walks with six strikeouts. The 26-year-old has gotten good results overall this season with a 2.82 ERA over 22 1/3 IP. However, his velocity is still down on all of his pitches and his 22 strikeouts are not at the rate fantasy managers have come to expect. There is no reason to think that Bieber can't continue to be a useful fantasy starter, but it remains to be seen if he can be as valuable as he has been in the past with his diminished velocity. He is next slated to face the A's on the road.
Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Shane Bieber allowed three runs, two walks, and three hits over the course of 5.1 innings during his start against the Royals on Tuesday. He struck out five batters in the process and finished the day with a no-decision. Through two outings, the 26-year-old has put forth a .199 xBA, 2.89 xERA, 24.3 percent strikeout rate, and 8.1 percent walk rate. His 24 percent hard-hit rate also ranks among the league's top 11 percent of pitchers.
Batting Order
1 | Myles Straw |
2 | Steven Kwan |
3 | José Ramírez |
4 | Owen Miller |
5 | Amed Rosario |
6 | Andrés Giménez |
7 | Richie Palacios |
8 | Oscar Mercado |
9 | Austin Hedges |
Shane Bieber Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
1 | Myles Straw |
2 | Steven Kwan |
3 | José Ramírez |
4 | Owen Miller |
5 | Amed Rosario |
6 | Andrés Giménez |
7 | Richie Palacios |
8 | Oscar Mercado |
9 | Austin Hedges |
After putting together an ace-level 2019 season, Cleveland Indians starting pitcherShane Bieber took things to a whole new level in the shortened 2020 season, bringing home the American League Cy Young Award. He posted a monstrous 41.1% strikeout rate while keeping the walks at a strong 7.1% rate. As if that wasn't enough, he raised his ground-ball rate to a career-best 48.4%. Our main question for 2021 is how much of this repeatable? The strikeout rate being above 40% is not going to happen again, but there is room for the walks to improve, as his 7.1% walk rate was more than two points higher than his 2019 rate of 4.7%. Bieber seems to have benefitted massively from two things in 2020: the first being a really high 35.9% chase rate, and the second being lots of weak contact (his xwOBA came in at an elite .242). His improvement in ground-ball rate is more believable when you see that he increased his curveball usage last season at the expense of some four-seamers and sliders, but the other quality-of-contact numbers will be much tougher to repeat. There is regression coming in 2021, but he'll remain a strong SP1 for fantasy managers after his incredible 2020 campaign. It may not be justified to take Bieber as the first pitcher off the board, but you will not be disappointed if you end up with him anchoring your pitching staff in 2021.