Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider revealed that Shane Bieber will make his first start in nearly 19 months on Friday.

The wait is over. Friday night in Miami, Shane Bieber will make his Blue Jays debut. Manager John Schneider announced the news ahead of Monday’s series opener against the Pirates at PNC Park, and while the string of “TBD” that follows Bieber still holds plenty of intrigue,

Starting pitcher Shane Bieber, who won the 2020 Cy Young Award, is slated to make his debut with the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday, manager John Schneider informed the assembled media before his team's series with the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday.

Paul Skenes kept the American League-leading Toronto Blue Jays in check for six innings, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates secure a 5-2 victory.

Henry Davis doubled to lead off the seventh and eventually scored the go-ahead run as the host Pittsburgh Pirates took advantage of three errors to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 on Monday night.

Scherzer is impressed with Skenes so far, but he issued a challenge to the 23-year-old ahead of the Blue Jays' trip to PNC Park. "To me the biggest thing is durability," Scherzer said on Sunday, per Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.