Corey Kluber’s arm is broken, but the Indians’ dreams of winning the AL Central are not.
This isn’t the first time that the Indians have lost a key starting pitcher due to a line drive—in 2016, Carlos Carrasco missed the second half of September and the entirety of the playoffs after Ian Kinsler mashed a ball off of his hand. Danny Salazar was also out due to injury, and Trevor Bauer would later cut his finger fixing a drone.
At the time, I suggested that the Indians more or less abandon a standard starting rotation and instead rely on a series of openers.