The Cleveland Indians will have 2014 AL Cy Young winner Corey Kluber at the front of their starting rotation for years to come after agreeing to terms on a long-term contract extension that is expected to be made official by Opening Day.
Here's FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal with the report:
Sources: #Indians, Kluber closing in on long-term agreement. Indians also talking to Carrasco about deal.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) April 4, 2015
Again: Kluber deal with #Indians happening, per sources. Expectation is that It will be official on or before Opening Day.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) April 4, 2015
Per Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports, the deal will be for five years with two club options tacked on to the back of it:
Source: Corey Kluber's deal with the Indians will be for five years and include two club options.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) April 5, 2015
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed as of this writing.
Kluber, 29, posted a 2.44 ERA and 269/51 K/BB ratio in 235.2 innings during his award-winning 2014 campaign.
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