Five-hundred days is a long time to think about throwing that first pitch in a Major League Baseball game again.

Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Shane Bieber is preparing for his first outing with his new team on Friday. All that's transpired since his last one is a major elbow surgery, a long recovery process, and a trade away from the Cleveland Guardians, the only organization he'd ever known.

The former Cy Young Award winner is joining a first-place team in the middle of a pennant race, and he'll be a free agent at the end of the season, so there's pressure both from a team and individual perspective.

So as he gets set to face a sneaky-potent young Miami Marlins lineup, how is Bieber feeling?

On Friday, Sportsnet's Kristina Rutherford profiled Bieber in his return, and the 30-year-ol

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