This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/bluejays as Shane Bieber Returns to Blue Jays Rotation Friday After Injury Layoff.

As for the Jays team Bieber will soon join, they're presently on pace for 95 wins, and they're atop the AL East standings by five games over the Red Sox. Toronto also narrowly leads the chase for the top seed in the AL playoff bracket over the Tigers .

Acquired at the trade deadline, Bieber will be making his MLB return from Tommy John surgery when he debuts with the Blue Jays.