Don't look now, but Corey Kluber might just win the AL Cy Young. Wait, who?
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Perhaps you haven't been paying enough attention to the Cleveland Indians this season. Maybe Felix Hernandez and his 2.34 ERA have captured your eye. Or you've been hypnotized by Chris Sale's miniscule WHIP.
No matter the reason, if you haven't been tuning in to Corey Kluber's starts this season, you've been missing out on the man who just might win the 2014 AL Cy Young Award. Kluber and his perfectly groomed day's growth have a 17-9 record, a 2.53 ERA and league-leading 285 strikeouts. He's had 10 starts with more than 10 strikeouts (only David Price has more with 11) and has posted back-to-back 14-K outings. The last pitcher to do that was Randy Johnson in 2004.
Kluber is the 28-year-old ace of the Indians who has seemingly emerged from nowhere to lead the league in FIP, strikeouts and fWAR. That's right -- he has a higher fWAR than even Clayton Kershaw. (At least before Kershaw's 8 IP, 1 R, 11 SO performance on Wednesday night.)
Over the last three seasons, he's cut his ERA from 5.14 to 3.86 to 2.53 and increased his K/9 from 7.7 to 8.3 to 10.2.
http://wapc.mlb.com/cutfour/2014/09/22/95949202/corey-kluber-might-win-al-cy-young-wait-who-indians
That's great for Kluber, but I really wish Cleveland would have made the playoffs. Erase a handful of blown saves and some unearned runs and they would be in.
