"It's the evolution of him as a pitcher," Indians pitching coach Mickey Callaway said on Sunday morning. "We saw a few years ago that we'd sometimes try to get through the first time through a lineup with a ton of fastballs to kind of set everything up. And at that time, we were still working on fastball command and things like that. And now, teams are taking a different approach.
"He's Corey Kluber, the Cy Young winner. They're coming out swinging really early. Early in the game. Early in the count. We just don't think it's smart to hold on to his best pitch until later in the game like he has in the past.