{"id":227301,"date":"2021-04-15T07:30:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T04:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/corey-kluber-struggles-in-yankees-loss-to-blue-jays\/"},"modified":"2021-04-15T07:30:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T04:30:52","slug":"corey-kluber-struggles-in-yankees-loss-to-blue-jays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/corey-kluber-struggles-in-yankees-loss-to-blue-jays\/","title":{"rendered":"#Corey Kluber struggles in Yankees&#8217; loss to Blue Jays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Corey Kluber struggles in Yankees&#8217; loss to Blue Jays<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>DUNEDIN, Fla.\u2014 Another day, another short outing by a Yankees starter.<\/p>\n<p>Corey Kluber lasted just four innings in Wednesday\u2019s 5-4 loss to the Blue Jays at TD Ballpark.<\/p>\n<p>He allowed three runs \u2014 and two homers \u2014 and needed 77 pitches to get through the outing.<\/p>\n<p>While Kluber and manager Aaron Boone still sounded encouraged by the right-hander\u2019s performance, his early exit forced the Yankees to go to Jonathan Loaisiga to start the fifth and to require more length from an already taxed pen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought his stuff was fine,\u2019\u2019 Boone said of the 35-year-old Kluber, who signed a one-year, $11 million after missing most of the last two seasons with a fractured forearm and then a shoulder strain. \u201cI feel he continues to get close to where he needs to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He has pitched just 10\u00b9\/\u2083 innings over three starts and walked seven.<\/p>\n<p>Kluber called the outing \u201ca step in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Corey Kluber #28 of the New York Yankees delivers a pitch\" class=\"wp-image-17970358 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/corey-kluber-yankees-short-starts.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/corey-kluber-yankees-short-starts.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/corey-kluber-yankees-short-starts.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/corey-kluber-yankees-short-starts.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/corey-kluber-yankees-short-starts.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Corey Kluber has pitched just 10 1\/3 innings over three starts.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m as frustrated as everybody with the results on the scoreboard, so to speak, but I can tell things are going in the right direction,\u2019\u2019 Kluber said.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran said his \u201cstuff is getting better, location is getting better and the amount of misses over the course of a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> is getting less and less. The mistakes I am making, I am paying for. I don\u2019t expect to get away with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Podcast\" width=\"100%\" height=\"188px\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/pinstripe-pod\/rayscontinueowningyankeesfeat.kensingleton?accentColor=2a2a2a&amp;bgColor=f6f6f6&amp;font-family=proxima%20nova&amp;logo=false&amp;secondaryColor=cc3333\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n        <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He allowed multiple baserunners in each inning before being removed before the fifth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can only pitch as long as they let you,\u2019\u2019 Kluber said.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he made a case to stay in the game after the fourth, Kluber said, \u201cI don\u2019t feel that\u2019s my position. I felt my job is to pitch as long as you can and when they go to the pen, that\u2019s the end of it. I don\u2019t feel it\u2019s my position to argue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More efficiency would help, as a 23-pitch first inning put Kluber in a bad spot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Corey, at his best, it\u2019s movement and precision,\u2019\u2019 Boone said. \u201cHe has to get over the final hump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the game, the Yankees optioned reliever Albert Abreu to the alternate site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re doing OK,\u201d Boone said of the pen, pointing to the added off days in April that helps protect them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe entire bullpen has played a role and we\u2019ve relied on guys equally to share the load,\u2019\u2019 Boone said. \u201cBut as you go later into the month and May and the summer, you\u2019ve got to lean on your starting pitchers to get you deeper into games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kluber said he didn\u2019t think the starters were putting pressure on themselves to give length to the rotation, which only Gerrit Cole has provided.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t sense it,\u2019\u2019 Kluber said. \u201cMost guys are two turns through the rotation \u2014 a couple guys three [times]. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any sense of pressing.\u201d\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMLG0nwswvr63Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/04\/15\/corey-kluber-struggles-in-yankees-loss-to-blue-jays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Corey Kluber struggles in Yankees&#8217; loss to Blue Jays&#8221; DUNEDIN, Fla.\u2014 Another day, another short outing by a Yankees starter. Corey Kluber lasted just four innings in Wednesday\u2019s 5-4 loss to the Blue Jays at TD Ballpark. He allowed three runs \u2014 and two homers \u2014 and needed 77 pitches to get through the outing&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":227302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/corey-kluber-yankees-short-starts.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[102131,89808,70722],"class_list":["post-227301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-4-15-21","tag-corey-kluber","tag-new-york-yankees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}