Corey Kluber’s ascension to the Major League elite came in the face of detractors who saw him as nothing more than a back-end starter.
The story of Corey Kluber is unlike that of Kris Byrant, Bryce Harper, or Clayton Kershaw.
Kluber was not a highly touted prospect coming out of high school or college. He wasn’t expected to eventually become of the league’s premier players. His ceiling, in fact, was initially predicted to be as a back-of-the-rotation starter or long reliever out of the bullpen. He didn’t become a regular starter in the league until 2013 at the ripe old age of 27, six years after being drafted.