It feels wrong to spend a lot of time on the nuts and bolts of Corey Kluber’s rough outing before he took a come-backer off the forearm. So I won’t tell you that his velocity wasn’t great, he wasn’t locating anything, and he wasn’t deceptive whatsoever. I also won’t tell you the Indians lost to the lowly Marlins by a score of 4-2.
Instead, let’s just hope he’s OK. Because regardless of Kluber’s ineffectiveness tonight, a Corey Kluber that can be a solid three or four starter is infinitely better than one on the injured list. And more than that, I just want Corey Kluber to not be hurt on a human-to-human level.