After experiencing shoulder tightness Rangers starting pitcher Corey Kluber exited the game after the first inning. Kluber who was with the Cleveland Indians last season was replaced with Joe Palumbo in Sunday's game. Here to break down what the Kluber injury means for the Rangers starting rotation is Inside the Rangers reporter Chris Halicke reporting from Globe Life Field in Arlington.
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00:00Texas Rangers starting pitcher Corey Kluber exited Sunday's game against the Rockies after just one inning of work.
00:06The team announced Kluber was experiencing tightness in the back of his right shoulder.
00:10He'll be evaluated further on Monday, but I'm joined now by Chris Halleck, who is at the ballpark.
00:16Chris, what more can you tell us? What did you see?
00:19Well, there really wasn't much to see on the mound.
00:22He didn't look like he was, like, favoring anything.
00:25It just looked like he struggled with his command a little bit.
00:28And he came out of the inning, you know, 18 pitches, he had to walk.
00:32And, you know, next thing we know, Joe Palumbo's coming out of the bullpen.
00:36And, you know, we were waiting for word.
00:39And, you know, word comes out that he was experiencing tightness in the shoulder in the first few pitches of the outing.
00:44And, you know, and then he just – it's not a good debut for him, absolutely not.
00:50If this ends up being a longer-term issue, will the Rangers have enough depth to fill that starting rotation?
00:57Well, they really like Joe Palumbo, and they like Colby Allard as well.
01:00Two young left-handed pitchers that they have, two young prospects.
01:04These guys are pretty versatile.
01:06They can either, you know, spot start, you know, go five, six innings.
01:09And they can also pitch out of the bullpen in one-inning, two-inning situations as well.
01:13So they do like both of those young pitchers as well.
01:17But this obviously is a pretty big blow to the Rangers' rotation, which was supposed to be the backbone of this team.
01:24Absolutely.
01:25Besides, Chris Halleck, thank you so much for the insight from the ballpark.
01:28Thank you for having me.