Indians ace Corey Kluber on Sunday night earned his second American League All-Star selection. He added another accolade on Monday, garnering recognition for his dominating June by being named the AL’s Pitcher of the Month.
Kluber, who has now won this award three times in his career, dealt with a back issue for most of April and was then placed on the disabled list with a lower back strain. He was activated from the 10-day disabled list on June 1. Since that time, he’s arguably been the best pitcher in baseball.
Kluber in June went 4-0 with a 1.