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Shane Bieber Exercises $16M Option With Blue Jays, Baffling Executives

“Executives remain baffled… one of the most bizarre in recent memory,” Ken Rosenthal wrote. Bieber, 30, passed on a $4M buyout, effectively a one-year, $12M decision. He threw 18.2 postseason innings with a 3.86 ERA in Toronto’s World Series run. No extension is expected. For now, he’s simply back with the Blue Jays on a one-year deal.