Overview

• Shane Bieber will make his fifth consecutive opening day start for the Cleveland Guardians, facing the Oakland Athletics on March 28.
• Following an injury-slowed 2023, Bieber has demonstrated a solid spring training performance, indicating a return to form.
• Bieber's career statistics include a 60-32 record and a 3.27 ERA since debuting in 2018, alongside winning the 2020 AL Cy Young Award.
• He joins Corey Kluber and Stan Coveleski as the only pitchers in franchise history to start five consecutive openers.
• The opening game will also mark a homecoming for first-year Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt, who retired after the 2022 season with the Athletics.