Central (25ER/91.1IP)…Carrasco owns a 2.66 ERA on the road since the start of 2015, marking the third-lowest ERA in MLB over that span behind Clayton Kershaw (2.47) and Max Scherzer (2.49)…Allowed 18 steals, tied for eighth-most allowed in the league...Signed a two-year extension thru 2022 on Dec. 6.
CLEVELAND -- In his last start, Carlos Carrasco said he was struggling to find himself on the mound after back-to-back outings that ended after 4 1/3 innings.
allowed (.286) and 13th in batting average against (.240)…Was forced from his final start on Sept. 17 vs. Detroit after Ian Kinsler's line drive to lead off the game broke the fifth metacarpal on his right hand (shortest start of his career and shortest-ever by an Indian in the era of pitch counts-2)...Placed on 60-day D.L. Struck out six-or-more batters in 25 of his 32 starts this year, and posted a career-best eight-start streak with at least six punchouts from August 6 - September 11...His 25 such starts were T3rd-most in the American League this season and T4th in MLB....Carrasco reached the 200 strikeout milestone for the second time in his Major League career (also 2015)...Carrasco is just the 8th pitcher in Indians franchise history to record multiple seasons of 200+ strikeouts (McDowell, Feller, Kluber, G. Perry, Colon, Tiant, Score) ...Had five double-digit strikeout performances on the year and now has 15 for his career. Carrasco was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 1, 2009, with the Cleveland Indians. )...Overall on the year batters hit .213 (39-183, 10th-lowest in A.L.) Carlos Carrasco roster status changed by Cleveland Indians. We present them here for purely educational purposes. For reference, in the previous four seasons combined, he allowed only five barreled balls off a total of 2,002 changeups. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. w/ a .516 O P S (.221 mark vs. RHH was 8th-lowest in A.L. Went 5-0 with a 1.48 ERA in 6 September starts (42.2IP, 36H, 7ER, 6BB, 51SO), the first Indians pitcher with at least five wins, 50 strikeouts and an ERA below 1.50 in a calendar month since Sam McDowell in June 1969 (6-0, 50 strikeouts, 1.05 ERA,Elias)....Kluber went on to better that mark (0.84 ERA, 5 wins, 50 strikeouts)....Won a career-best 6 straight decisions to finish out the season from August 27-on, going 6-0 with a 1.27 ERA over his last 7 starts (49.2IP, 42H, 7ER, 6BB, 59SO). allowed (.269)…Was second in MLB in second-half strikeouts and innings pitched behind Jacob deGrom (120, 93.2IP)...Season nearly took a disastrous turn on June 16 vs. Minnesota after being struck in the right elbow on a line drive off the bat of Joe Mauer to start the second inning…X-rays and bone scans only reported a contused elbow…Was on the 10-day D.L., June 17-July 5, and made a rehab start on June 30 at AA Akron…Following his July 5 return, Carlos posted a 9-5 mark with a 2.59 ERA (29ER/100.2IP) in 15 starts (17 appearances)…Season was off to a pedestrian start, posting a 4.50 ERA thru his first 12 starts as of June 1 (38ER/76.0IP)...Tossed his ninth career complete game on April 11 vs. Detroit, a 9.0 inning, three-hitter…Tossed his second CG on May 9 at Milwaukee (9.0IP, 5H, 2R/ER, season-high 14 SO)…Also struck out a season high 14 batters on September 7 at Toronto, which both represented single-game bests for any Indians starting pitcher in 2018...His penultimate appearance of the season came in relief on Sept. 25 at Chicago-AL, fanning a club season-best and career relief-high 8 strikeouts (3ER, 4.1IP), the most relief SO by an Indian since Kaz Tadano (9, 6/26/2004 vs. Colorado)…In his final start on Sept. 30, he recorded his 17th win in the 2-1, season-finale at Kansas City(1ER/5.0IP)...Also notched a win in 2018 relief debut on July 15 vs. NYY...Earned his 10th win of the season on July 11 vs. Cincinnati, struck out seven batters and recorded his 1,000th career punchout (12th pitcher with 1,000 strikeouts in an Indians uniform)…Also topped the 1000.0 inning plateau during the campaign and now ranks ninth in club history in career strikeouts (1127) and owns the second-highest SO per 9.0 inning ratio in club history (min. Hit a bit of a rough patch over an 11-start stretch, June 22-August 26, going 4-3 with a 5.29 ERA (63.0IP, 64H, 37ER, 18BB, 78SO) that took his ERA from 2.99-3.95...Major League batters hit .230 (60/261) off him with men on base (15th-lowest mark in the A.L.) ?eason turned around with August 9th recall from AAA and assigned to a bullpen role after several short starts from Indians starters depleted the relief ranks...That night vs. the LA Angels he tossed 5.0 shutout innings of 1 hit relief work (3BB, 4K, 57P), his first career relief appearance and the first Indians reliever since Jeremy Sowers on May 25, 2009 to log 5.0 shutout innings of relief...In relief in 2013 he went 1-0 w/a 1.32ERA in 8 outings (13.2IP, 7H, 2R/ER, 5BB, 11K, .156AVG, 7-45)… First 5 relief outings (11.2IP) were scoreless...As a starter he was 0-4 w/a 9.00ERA in 7 starts (33.0IP, 57H, 33ER, 13BB, 19K, .383AVG)...His win in relief at the LA Angels on August 20 (2.0IP, 1H, 0R) was his first win since June 29, 2011 at Arizona and snapped a personal career-worst 9-game losing streak...Still owns the 9-game losing streak as a starter dating back to July 5, 2011...After his September call-up (was optioned Aug 31-Sept 2 after Kubel trade) he appeared in 4 games (5.40ERA, 3.1IP, 4H, 2R/ER) over that span and 6th in MLB...Tossed his first complete game of the season (8th of his career) on September 6 at Chicago-AL, allowing just one run on three hits with no walks and eight strikeouts. Carlos Carrasco Stats.