{"id":232868,"date":"2021-04-22T06:45:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T03:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/corey-kluber-was-least-of-yankees-problems\/"},"modified":"2021-04-22T06:45:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T03:45:36","slug":"corey-kluber-was-least-of-yankees-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/corey-kluber-was-least-of-yankees-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"#Corey Kluber was least of Yankees’ problems"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Corey Kluber was least of Yankees’ problems<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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There was a time when this performance would have registered as a disapp<\/a>ointing start by Corey Kluber.<\/p>\n

Now is not that time. And it\u2019s telling of the state of the Yankees that this performance is what encouragement looks like.<\/p>\n

Kluber threw four scoreless frames before losing track of the plate, but he really was the least of the Yankees\u2019 worries Wednesday night in a 4-1 loss to the Braves. A lack of run support created zero margin for error \u2014 and the 35-year-old, two-time Cy Young Award winner erred when he issued three walks in the fifth.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the expectations we all have for ourselves, it\u2019s obviously hard to get past that fifth inning,\u201d Kluber said. \u201cIf you are trying to look at the whole picture, I think there is a lot of good in the first four innings.\u201d<\/p>\n

On one hand, Kluber (0-2) demonstrated improvement by allowing two hits and walking four in 4\u200a\u00b2\/\u2083 innings. He failed to get more than 12 outs in any of his first three starts since returning from a 2020-ending shoulder injury and put nine runners on base both times he survived four innings.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI didn\u2019t set an expectation for myself because there were a lot of unknowns that I had coming into it,\u201d Kluber said. \u201cAs frustrated as I am with some of the results \u2014 free passes and things like that \u2014 I do honestly feel like I\u2019m moving in the right direction. Things are really close to being at the point I\u2019d like to be. Just wish it would arrive a little bit sooner.\u201d<\/p>\n

This actually had the makings of a throwback gem when Kluber retired 12 of the first 14 batters he faced, working around a one-out single in the second and a leadoff walk in the third. Then came the fifth, when 15 of his 29 pitches missed the strike zone, including 13 of the final 20 as the Braves\u2019 lineup turned over.<\/p>\n