One of the biggest offseason dominoes this year in Major League Baseball fell as the Texas Rangers agreed to acquire starting pitcher Corey Kluber in a blockbuster deal with the Cleveland Indians.

Kluber, a two-time AL Cy Young winner during his tenure with Cleveland, will head to the AL West in exchange for outfielder Delino DeShields Jr. and minor league pitcher Emmanuel Clase.

The Rangers, who missed out in the sweepstakes for some big free agent names such as Anthony Rendon last week, made a trade that brings one of baseball’s most accomplished pitchers to their rotation for at least the next couple of years.

Kluber, a three-time All Star selection, missed the majority of the 2019 season with a pair of major injuries. First, the Alabama native suffered a broken arm on May 1st after being hit with a line drive, and then shortly after he returned, he was shelved for the rest of the season with an oblique injury.

The Rangers are betting on Kluber getting back to good health and returning to the form that saw him be one of the game’s most dominant arms throughout several years.

Kluber is expected to report healthy to Texas’s Spring Training facility in February to get started with his new club.

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The Cleveland Indians were dealt a huge blow on Wednesday when star pitcher Corey Kluber was forced to leave his start against the Miami Marlins after suffering a fractured right forearm.

Kluber, a two-time winner of the AL Cy Young Award and the anchor of Cleveland’s staff, will be forced to miss a large chunk of time as he waits for his pitching forearm to heal.

The injury compounds existing injury problems in the team’s rotation, as Mike Clevinger is already on the injured list with a back problem that will keep him sidelined until June.

Kluber suffered the injury after Marlins right fielder Brian Anderson hit a line drive at 103 mph towards the pitcher. The ball gave his forearm a direct hit, and Kluber left the game immediately after being examined by team trainers.

The team announced after the game that the 33-year-old had suffered a non-displaced ulna fracture and that it was still unclear how much time he would have to miss.

The Indians ended up losing the game 4-2 to the cellar-dwelling Marlins, turning the night from bad to worse.

Cleveland must now dig deep into their pitching depth in order to replace Kluber, and they’ll hope that he will be able to come back before the end of the season.

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One of the biggest offseason dominoes this year in Major League Baseball fell as the Texas Rangers agreed to acquire starting pitcher Corey Kluber in a blockbuster deal with the Cleveland Indians.

Kluber, a two-time AL Cy Young winner during his tenure with Cleveland, will head to the AL West in exchange for outfielder Delino DeShields Jr. and minor league pitcher Emmanuel Clase.

The Rangers, who missed out in the sweepstakes for some big free agent names such as Anthony Rendon last week, made a trade that brings one of baseball’s most accomplished pitchers to their rotation for at least the next couple of years.

Kluber, a three-time All Star selection, missed the majority of the 2019 season with a pair of major injuries. First, the Alabama native suffered a broken arm on May 1st after being hit with a line drive, and then shortly after he returned, he was shelved for the rest of the season with an oblique injury.

The Rangers are betting on Kluber getting back to good health and returning to the form that saw him be one of the game’s most dominant arms throughout several years.

Kluber is expected to report healthy to Texas’s Spring Training facility in February to get started with his new club.

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The Cleveland Indians were dealt a huge blow on Wednesday when star pitcher Corey Kluber was forced to leave his start against the Miami Marlins after suffering a fractured right forearm.

Kluber, a two-time winner of the AL Cy Young Award and the anchor of Cleveland’s staff, will be forced to miss a large chunk of time as he waits for his pitching forearm to heal.

The injury compounds existing injury problems in the team’s rotation, as Mike Clevinger is already on the injured list with a back problem that will keep him sidelined until June.

Kluber suffered the injury after Marlins right fielder Brian Anderson hit a line drive at 103 mph towards the pitcher. The ball gave his forearm a direct hit, and Kluber left the game immediately after being examined by team trainers.

The team announced after the game that the 33-year-old had suffered a non-displaced ulna fracture and that it was still unclear how much time he would have to miss.

The Indians ended up losing the game 4-2 to the cellar-dwelling Marlins, turning the night from bad to worse.

Cleveland must now dig deep into their pitching depth in order to replace Kluber, and they’ll hope that he will be able to come back before the end of the season.

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