Cleveland Legend Joins Guardians Organization In Intriguing Role

Corey Kluber may be considered the greatest pitcher in Cleveland baseball history, and that's saying a lot considering all of the legendary arms who have been with the organization.

Even though Kluber hasn't thrown a pitch for Cleveland since 2019, he's back with the organization in an intriguing new role. The Guardians hired the former Cy Young winner to be a "Special Assistant" with the pitching group.

Even though Kluber just officially re-joined the organization, this position has been in the works for a few months. The former ace was with the team during spring training and has appeared during a few home games through the season's first two months.

Of course, having a former Cy Young winner mentor young pitchers can only lead to positives, but Kluber can uniquely help Cleveland's young core, considering his journey just to get to the big leagues.

"I probably experienced pretty close to a full spectrum of things in a career," Kluber told Zack Meisel of The Athletic.

"I wasn't a very good minor-leaguer, figured out some stuff and still had to develop at this stage It's having a lot of different types of experiences to build on. Hopefully, it presents opportunities to help guys with a lot of different things."

Even though Kluber didn't find much success in the minor leagues, he had a run with Cleveland, where he was arguably the best pitcher in baseball.