CLEVELAND (AP) — Emmanuel Clase realizes he can't please everyone or be flawless every time he takes the mound.
He's not a pitching machine.
“A couple of days ago I was thinking, ‘Hey, I am human,’” Cleveland's All-Star closer said Saturday through interpreter Agustin Rivero. “I can make mistakes.”
Lately, he's made too many.
Baseball's most dominant reliever last season, Clase's struggles in the first weeks of the season have seemingly alarmed everyone but the 27-year-old and his teammates. He's set a high bar for himself but he's falling short of it so far.