CLEVELAND, Ohio — Indians president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti was asked to reflect Friday on Corey Kluber’s legacy with the franchise. It wasn’t exactly difficult for Antonetti to put into words just what the two-time Cy Young Award winner means to Cleveland and to the entire Indians organization.
Antonetti said Kluber not only made contributions to the team on the field, but also had lasting impact on the club that continues to be felt to this day.
“Corey set new standards for what dominance and extraordinary performance looked like on the field,” Antonetti said. “But he was also willing to help set that example and lead the way for another group and help the guys around him develop.”
Kluber said fostering such a culture was never something he consciously set out to do.
“It was just kind of the way that I went about my business and it was a byproduct of that,” Kluber said, “It was never really a goal of mine or anything that I was focused on while I was playing here.”
Antonetti said the culture Kluber helped foster within the Indians’ pitching group was based on the idea of not only getting better individually, but also helping others get better and “passing the torch.”
“We’ve directly benefited from it,” Antonetti said. “When you talk to Shane (Bieber) and he reflects back on his experiences, the first thing he’ll mention is how some of his former teammates impacted him, and Klubes is certainly in that group.”
Bieber, who studied Kluber’s routines in 2017 and 2018 during spring training and after joining the big league club, said Kluber means a lot to the entire city of Cleveland, not just the organization and the Indians’ clubhouse.
“He’s done plenty for this city, for this team, for this organization, and for me personally,” Bieber said. “I’m excited to see him continue to do his thing, even though it’s in a different spot.”
Kluber said he missed the welcome back video that the Indians played on the Progressive Field scoreboard prior to Thursday’s game against the Yankees. Nobody told him about the tribute until the seventh inning. But in typical Kluber fashion, his reaction to finding out what he missed was subdued, stoic and pragmatic.
“I’m sure I’ll be able to get my hands on it one way or another and take a look at it,” Kluber said.
It was his first time back in the park he called home for the better part of a decade, where he spent his days re-writing Cleveland’s record books to the tune of 98 wins, 1,341 2/3 innings, a 3.16 ERA, 1,461 strikeouts and 7 shutouts.
Kluber said the biggest things he’s taken away after nine seasons in Cleveland, beyond his on-field accomplishments, are the relationships he built in the clubhouse with teammates, coaches and staff.
“You spend that amount of time somewhere, you become really close to a lot of the people,” Kluber said. “I value that more than statistics or accomplishments or anything like that.”
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