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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 28: Shane Bieber #57 of the Toronto Blue Jays reacts after Teoscar Hernández #37 of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a single in the sixth inning in game four of the 2025 World Series at Dodger Stadium on October 28, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

The Toronto Blue Jays are finally getting healthy, which should be a very welcome sign for Blue Jays fans.

On Monday, Toronto opened up a new series with the Houston Astros, and with a 4-2 in over the Stros, the Jays are now 39-39, and are back at the .500 plateau.

Before the second game of the series, the Blue Jays announced a very relevant piece of Shane Bieber news.

Shane Bieber Making Season Debut on Tuesday

GettyTORONTO, ONTARIO – NOVEMBER 02: Shane Bieber #57 of the Toronto Blue Jays pitches during the eleventh inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in game seven of the 2025 World Series at Rogers Center on November 02, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Per team announcement, the Blue Jays are activating Shane Bieber off the 60-day Injured List:

The corresponding moves are Hayden Juenger being designated, and Lazardo Estrada being optioned.

MLBTR.com’s Steve Adams wrote (on 6/23):

“Bieber, 31, will make his season debut when he starts today against the visiting Astros. He’s been out all year due to forearm and elbow fatigue. The former AL Cy Young Award winner returned from Tommy John surgery last August and, between his minor league rehab work and Toronto’s deep postseason run, wound up pitching 88 innings from mid-July through late October.”

It was a very strenuous MLB playoff run for a lot of Blue Jays pitchers, but in mid-June, it’s a great time for Toronto’s starting rotation to get healthy, as the Jays hold postseason aspirations, and in such a weak American League, those aspirations are well within reach.