Timing is everything, in sports as well as life. If the timing is right between Corey Kluber and the New York Yankees, with whom the longtime ace was finalizing a one-year, $11 million deal late Friday, it will be good news for the pitcher in the long term -- and perhaps even better for the team in the short term.
Speaking of timing, in the larger context of this winter's free-agent market, the timing of Kluber's free agency reveals an irony when you consider the similar status of former Cleveland teammate Trevor Bauer.