Following a lengthy absence, the New York Yankees are set to bring right-handed pitcher Corey Kluber back to their rotation Monday against the Los Angeles Angels.
“He feels really good and is ready to take on that next step of facing major league competition,” manager Aaron Boone said.
Kluber, 35, had been on the 60-day injured list with a subscapularis strain in his right shoulder. Prior to the injury, he had pitched his first career no-hitter in his second-to-last start, a 2-0 victory over the Texas Rangers on May 19.
He last pitched May 25 — a 6-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. He lasted just three innings.
In 10 starts this season, Kluber is 4-3 with a 3.04 ERA.
He returns to the Yankees after three minor league rehabilitation appearances (two starts). Those appearances resulted in an 11.25 ERA with nine strikeouts and seven walks over eight innings.
The American League Cy Young Award winner in 2014 and 2017 with the Cleveland Indians, Kluber missed most of 2019 due to a fractured right forearm and strained left oblique he suffered during the rehab process. He threw only one inning as a Texas Ranger in 2020, missing the season when he was diagnosed with a torn teres major muscle.
The Yankees signed Kluber, a three-time All-Star, to a one-year, $11 million deal in January.