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Kluber's 2017 and 2018 were utterly horrendous in the post-season. I just don't know how you level set on that when talking WS. We literally have zero percent chance to win a world series if Kluber pitches like he has the last 2 years. He has just not been the same, late in the year, since we ran his ass in to the ground in 2016.
Numbers aside, there is also a downward trend in his velocity chart, that to me, is more concerning. His regular season numbers dipped but were still very good but a 4th year of velocity decline is something I would really be worried about, given how many mistakes he made in the zone, most notably in the playoffs. His fastball is notably down.
I think it's a really tough decision. I personally think the time is right to move on from him, if you can get back cost controlled assets like Andujar +.....but I may be in the minority. I love Kluber but we are just blocked by better teams right now. I think our path to a WS is 2 years out and we should be making moves with that in mind. I just don't see how this current roster has much of a chance and we should have enough pitching flowing through the system to make it work (on a 2 year track).
This is one of the reasons why I am okay with moving him and cause of his contract, even if he struggles before the end of the contract, it will be easy for teams to get out of it, so its not a very risky trade for the other teams in that sense. I am thinking if a team offers what we want, we trade Kluber, if they don't then we still have a solid Ace with good numbers and an easy to manage contract, so either way he is a win for us.