TAMPA — Corey Kluber’s spring debut with the Yankees couldn’t have gone any better.
The right-hander looked perfectly healthy in his first game after pitching one inning last season before a strained shoulder sidelined him for the rest of the year.
Against the Blue Jays on Wednesday, the former Cy Young winner retired all six batters he faced — including three by strikeout — in his two-inning outing.
Giancarlo Stanton said Kluber looked like his old dominant self.
“I had the same impressions playing against him,’’ Stanton said of the 34-year-old. “He’s a dog out there. He’s going to pump the zone and carve up these hitters like he’s been [doing] and not be fazed. He’s just unfazed by whatever happens out there.”
Kluber threw 22 pitches, 15 for strikes.
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