Kluber will be the Indians' Opening Day starter next Thursday against the Twins, Mandy Bell of MLB.com reports.
Klubot posted a 2.89 ERA, 0.99 WHIP and 222:34 K:BB over 215 innings last season, so it's not much of a surprise he'll get the chance to start things off for the Indians again in 2019. The 32-year-old did show a drop in velocity toward the end of 2018, but Kluber took things slow in spring training in an attempt to manage his workload. Kluber has exceeded 200 innings during each of the last five seasons, with a 2.85 ERA and 1.02 WHIP in that span.