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Corey Kluber Scouting Report

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The Rays may face their toughest match for the rest of the season tonight as they’ll take on the ace of Cleveland’s staff, Corey Kluber. The Rays just faced Kluber on the final day of August, when he shut them down for seven innings, just managing to finagle two hits off the former Cy Young.

Kluber’s last time out was more of the same, he surrendered a run on two hits, walking one and striking out ten Royals over 6 ¹⁄₃ innings pitched.

His repertoire per Brooks Baseball

In 2018, he has relied primarily on his Sinker using a Two-seam Fastball grip (93mph), Cutter (89mph) and Slider (85mph), also mixing in a Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Change (86mph).

His sinker generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers’ sinkers and has some natural sinking action. His cutter has some natural sink and has strong cutting action. His slider sweeps across the zone and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers’ sliders. His fourseam fastball has essentially average velo and has slightly less natural movement than typical. His change generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers’ changeups, is slightly firmer than usual, results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers’ changeups and has some natural sink to it.

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