Here’s a fun fact that somehow slipped through my mind: Corey Kluber has won 18 games in three of his last four seasons. No, not at least 18 games. Exactly 18 games, with the only exception being the bizarro world 2015 season where the offense refused to hit with him on the mound.
Wins really do not matter for a pitcher, of course, but when it’s for a fun little milestone like this I think it’s fine to point it out. Corey Kluber is a great pitcher with a new lower-strikeout, lower-walk look in 2018, and he’s better than ever by at least one metric — albeit a useless one — with his 19th win.