James Paxton vs. Corey Kluber, 7:10pm
Corey Kluber’s FIP last year was better than King Felix’s career low. Thus far in 2015, Kluber has tossed an 18K, 1H game against the Cardinals and *lowered* his FIP to an unreal-for-anyone-but-Kershaw 2.17. His K/9 is 10.72 and his BB/9 is 1.55. For good measure, his HR rate is lower than average. These are video game numbers, but Kluber is 2-5 with a 3.49 ERA. As I discussed earlier, a big part of this is the Indians’ general inability to catch hit baseballs, which pushes Kluber’s BABIP to .348. In addition, his strand rate has fallen markedly this year from 78.