Corey Kluber, also known as Klubot, is an American professional baseball pitcher who is signed to the Major League Baseball team Texas Rangers. Prior to being traded to the Rangers following an injury, he spent nearly a decade with the Cleveland Indians, during which period he registered 18 strikeouts in one game, 20 wins in a season, and helped set the team's 22-game win streak record. He was nominated for the 'AL Cy Young Award' for five consecutive seasons and won it twice in 2014 and 2017. He was selected to the MLB All-Star Game three times and was named the 'AL Sporting News Starting Pitcher of the Year' in 2016. Known as a power pitcher for his high strikeout rates, he had the highest earned run average (ERA) in 2017 and led the major leagues in wins twice. He had learned his signature two-seam sinker while playing for the Columbus Clippers in 2011.