Yankees pitcher Corey Kluber is trying to stay optimistic until he finds out for sure what’s going on with his right shoulder.
The tightness that he felt Tuesday night before his sudden departure three innings into the Yankees’ 6-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays wasn’t close to the same feeling that he had last April when a shoulder injury ended his only season with the Texas Rangers after the first inning of his first start.
Kluber was encouraged that exams performed during the Yankees’ game by team trainers and Dr. Christopher Ahmad didn’t send off any alarm signals, but there will no peace of mind unless he gets good news Wednesday after he gets an MRI.
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“I wouldn’t say (I’m) alarmed at this point,” Kluber said. “I wish we knew more at this point in time. We’ll have to wait until (the MRI results), but it doesn’t feel at all like what I dealt with last year.”
Kluber’s first start after last week’s no-hitter against the Texas Rangers was doomed before it began. He had trouble getting loose while throwing in the outfield before the game, but that didn’t faze him much.
“I’ve always had points time throughout the year where the arm in general maybe feels a little better or worse than others,” he said. “Usually in the past I’ve kind of been able to work through that, whether it would be warming up in the outfield and getting it going. It wasn’t quite the case (this time).”
It showed in his pitching. Although Kluber made it through the first two innings without giving up a hit or a run, he uncharacteristically walked three of the first six hitters he faced. Then in the third, Bo Bichette broke up his hitless streak with a one-out infield single and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. followed with a homer to right-center to make it a 2-0 ballgame.
Kluber rebounded to strike out the next two hitters, but he frequently labored while throwing 58 pitches through three.
The Yankees medical staff was alerted by Kluber that he was still tight after the second inning, and they worked on him while the Yankees hit. But when the issues remained during the third, a group decision was made after the inning by Kluber, manager Aaron Boone and the trainers to call it a night.
“At that point in time, it was a tough pill for me to swallow to kind of feel like a sense of letting the guys down, bailing on the team,” Kluber said. “But I guess ultimately we’re trying to be smart about it and not maybe push through something and risk doing something else.”
Kluber’s issue only was tightness, not pain, but that affected his command.
“I was having trouble maybe getting the release point to be consistent where I want it to be,” Kluber said.
Kluber had no issues in his between-starts work.
“No,” he said. “I went through my normal routine. I felt good coming in. It’s frustrating, but I guess we’ll wait until (Wednesday) and hopefully have an answer.”
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