RHP Corey Kluber completed a 50-pitch simulated game on Saturday at Progressive Field and will throw a bullpen on Monday before being re-evaluated. Kluber is tentatively scheduled to make a rehab start on Thursday. He landed on the 10-day disabled list on May 3 with a lower back strain.

RHP Corey Kluber will throw a simulated game on Saturday at Progressive Field against hitters from Class A Lake County. Kluber is scheduled for two innings and, depending on his response, could pitch in a rehab game for his next outing. Kluber was placed on the 10-day disabled list on May 3 with a lower back strain.

RHP Corey Kluber threw a 20-pitch bullpen on Monday. Kluber has been on the disabled list since May 3 with a lower back strain. Manager Terry Francona said the progression for Kluber will be to pitch a full-fledged bullpen session, then a simulated game, and then make a minor-league rehab start.

RHP Corey Kluber, who was placed on the disabled list on May 3 with a lower back strain, is not close to being activated. Manager Terry Francona said there is no timetable for Kluber's return, and there won't be until he is able to begin throwing off a mound, which he hasn't yet done.

RHP Corey Kluber was placed on the 10-day disabled list Wednesday after the right-hander left Tuesday night's game because of lower-back discomfort. Kluber was removed from his start against the Detroit Tigers after three innings, surrendering five runs, one walk and seven hits.

The Cleveland Indians placed ace Corey Kluber on the 10-day disabled list Wednesday after the right-hander left Tuesday night's game because of lower-back discomfort. Kluber was removed from his start against the Detroit Tigers after three innings, surrendering five runs, one walk and seven hits."It has been bothering me off and on for a few starts now, but this was the first time I couldn't pitch through it," Kluber told reporters after the Indians' 5-2 loss at Comerica Park in Detroit. "You have to balance trying to keep going against causing more damage."Kluber, 31, begins his second career stint on the major league disabled list and his first since August 2013. He won the American League Cy Young Award in 2014 and finished third in the voting last season after going 18-9 with a 3.14 ERA and leading the Indians to the World Series.This season, Kluber has a 3-2 record and 5.06 ERA in six starts over 37 1/3 innings with 41 strikeouts and 123 walks."It just looked to me like his back was... [More]

RHP Corey Kluber lasted only three innings in his start at Detroit on Tuesday, surrendering five runs on seven hits. He left the game with lower back discomfort. Kluber will be examined again Wednesday. Manager Terry Francona indicated Kluber has been fighting back soreness for weeks. "I thought it would be unfair to leave him in (longer)," Francona said. "You worry he's going to hurt his arm or something. We'll know more tomorrow."

RHP Corey Kluber struck out 10 in seven innings to get the win. Kluber gave up three runs on seven hits in the first three innings, and no runs on one hit in the last four innings. "He had a really good changeup, and as he got into the game he got really good," said Indians manager Terry Francona. "Giving us seven innings gave us a chance."

RHP Corey Kluber pitched a three-hitter against the White Sox on Friday for his fourth career shutout and 11th complete game improve to 2-1. He entered the game with 6.38 ERA, but trimmed it to 4.28.

RHP Corey Kluber held the Tigers scoreless on one hit over the first three innings. He retired 10 of the first 11 batters he faced, but in the fourth inning he gave up three hits and three runs, and gave up six runs and eight hits in 6 1/3 innings overall. "I made mistakes to three batters in a row (in the fourth), and they took advantage of them," said Kluber. "The park was playing small," Indians Manager Terry Francona said. "Corey had a really good slider. He made a couple mistakes, but they are good hitters, and the ball was flying."

RHP Corey Kluber gave up three runs (two earned) and six hits in six innings in his second start of the season. The blister issue that bothered Kluber in his first start at Texas did not seem to be a factor, although he said his back was stiff much of the game.It wasn't anything alarming," Kluber said. A member of the training staff went to the mound in the sixth inning, but Kluber remained in the game. He singled in the fourth inning, his third hit in 18 career at-bats."It wasn't anything alarming," Kluber said. A member of the training staff went to the mound in the sixth inning, but Kluber remained in the game. He singled in the fourth inning, his third hit in 18 career at-bats.

RHP Corey Kluber split two calluses during his Opening Day start, but it shouldn't be an issue for him the next time he's scheduled to pitch. "I'm sure it didn't help him," Cleveland manager Terry Francona said. "But with the sweat going on and everything, they give you a lot of good stuff in the training room. I think things like that happen more than people realize."

RHP Corey Kluber allowed three homers Monday in the opener at Texas. It marked just the third time in his career and the first time since Aug. 19, 2015, that Kluber served up at least three homers in a game. But after giving up his third homer, he retired 11 of the final 12 batters he faced. "Once that (third) inning got out of hand, I just tried to take that approach and tried to keep them in it and give them a chance to come back," said Kluber, who worked through the sixth inning.

The American League champion Cleveland Indians reported to spring training with a roster that on paper was stronger than the one they used to get to the 10th inning of Game 7 of the World Series, before losing to the Chicago Cubs last year. Because of that, there wasn't much competition for jobs in camp. It was mostly a case of monitoring the progress of the returning injured players, ramping up the healthy players for the start of the season and evaluating the progress of selected prospects that will start the season in the minor leagues, but could be summoned to the major league club during the season.The biggest question at the start of camp was the health of All-Star outfielder Michael Brantley, who missed virtually all of the 2016 season with a shoulder condition that required two separate surgeries. The news on Brantley was good. He began playing in spring training games in late March, and there was growing optimism that he could begin the season on the major league roster -- or at... [More]

RHP Corey Kluber's workload in 2016 was immense. Counting the postseason, he started 38 games and pitched 249 innings, both career highs. Three of his six postseason starts came on short rest. He may bear watching in 2017, although he's been remarkably durable since emerging as one of the top starters in baseball three years ago. He has averaged 33 starts and 224 innings per year over the last three seasons, not counting the playoffs.

It was the best of years and the worst of years for the Cleveland Indians in 2016.Ironically, it was how they dealt with the worst that made it the best, and despite the disappointment of losing Game 7 of the World Series, Cleveland looks toward the 2017 season with optimism.Despite playing virtually the entire season without their best player, Michael Brantley, half their season without starting catcher Yan Gomes, and the entire postseason with basically just 2 1/2 starting pitchers, the Indians came within one extra-inning loss from winning their first world championship since 1948.In assessing their needs for 2017, heart and spunk isn't on the list. That was driven home for manager Terry Francona, who had to navigate through the postseason without two of his top three starting pitchers. Carlos Carrasco and Danny Salazar were both injured in September. After beating Toronto in five games in the American League Championship Series, Francona sat down with pitching coach Mickey Callaway... [More]

RHP Corey Kluber made his third start of the World Series in Game 7, and, as was the case in Game 4, he was working on short rest. It showed. Kluber lasted only four-plus innings and gave up home runs to the first and last batters he faced. He was charged with four runs and six hits. Most tellingly, Kluber, who was fifth in the American League in strikeouts, didn't strike out a batter. "For our starters to have the guts to take the ball, like Corey Kluber three times, I think at times tonight they proved they're human. But without them, we don't get anywhere close to here," manager Terry Francona said.

RHP Corey Kluber will make his third start of the World Series in Game 7 on Wednesday. In four postseason starts, Kluber is 4-1 with a 0.89 ERA. Kluber also started, and won, Games 1 and 4 of the Series, posting a 0.75 ERA in those starts. As was the case in Game 4, Kluber will make his Game 7 start on short rest. "I haven't found much of a difference yet in the way I feel when I go out there on three days' rest as opposed to four," he said. "The only difference is spending more time trying to recover on those three days instead of having four days to do it."

RHP Corey Kluber (4-1 postseason) allowed one run and scattered five hits over six innings and picked up his second World Series triumph since Tuesday as the Indians won their second straight in Chicago. He struck out six and walked one and had just one troublesome inning -- the first -- as the Cubs grabbed a 1-0 lead. "The first inning they hit two balls pretty softly that just happened to find holes," Kluber said. "But (I) really didn't try to change too much after that, just tried to keep going out there and make pitches." Kluber had previously pitched in Tuesday's World Series opener at Progressive Field, picking up the 6-0 win over Cubs lefty Jon Lester.

RHP Corey Kluber (3-1, 0.74 ERA) makes his second World Series appearance in Saturday's Game 4. Kluber was the Game 1 winner as the Indians blanked the Cubs 6-0 in last Tuesday's World Series opener at Progressive Field. He allowed four hits, struck out nine and walked none in his six-inning Series debut outing. In 24 1/3 innings, he has allowed just two runs and 17 hits while striking out 29 and walking just seven.