The Cleveland Indians don't need Corey Kluber to be anyone other than himself.
He's one of MLB's top-shelf arms, after all—a Cy Young Award winner in 2014, an All-Star in 2016 and a stud throughout this postseason. He'll take the ball in Game 1 of the World Series on Tuesday with the faith of a title-starved city behind him.
Still, if Kluber could be Kluber with a dusting of Madison Bumgarner, the Tribe wouldn't protest.
We're using Bumgarner as shorthand for a starting pitcher who slings a team over his back and carries it across the October finish line.