Corey’s Story

Old roundup.

I feel like each year we need to remind everyone of the same Corey Kluber flaw, but it's 2017 and nothing has changed after he went 6.0 IP, 5 ER, 6 Hits, 3 BBs, 6 Ks against the Rangers. What's that flaw? Well, for the months of March/April since 2014, Kluber's ERA has been 4.14, 4.24, and 4.24. He's notorious for having a poor first month and I completely buy that Kluber is a pitcher who needs to rev up his engine first before giving you the stud numbers you want. Does that mean treat him like a DL stash for all of April? Nah because that's overdoing it. All I'm getting at is don't undersell him if he takes a moment to get out of the gate or look to buy him if his owner is freaking out after his third straight meh start to begin the season.

Let's see how every other SP did yesterday:

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Nick Pollack

Founder of Pitcher List. Creator of CSW, The List, and SP Roundup. Worked with MSG, FanGraphs, CBS Sports, and Washington Post. Former college pitcher, travel coach, pitching coach, and Brandeis alum. Wants every pitcher to be dope.

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