Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco exited Tuesday’s game against the Miami Marlins after a knee injury in the fourth inning.
An injury to a starting pitcher is the last thing that the Cleveland Indians need at this point in time. Unfortunately that is just what happened in Tuesday’s loss to the Miami Marlins. While attempting to cover first on a routine groundout Carlos Carrasco stumbled and injured his knee. Carrasco was able to finish the fourth inning on the mound but was removed due to some discomfort in his knee. Carrasco is getting an MRI on his knee, but it is for precautionary reasons.
Before suffering the injury Carlos Carrasco was pitching quite well. Carrasco allowed two hits in four inning while striking out four. Of Carrasco’s 62 pitches, 41 were strikes. Carrasco definitely looked locked in and was dominating Miami. Unfortunately things were not the same for Neil Ramirez. Ramirez gave up a solo home run on the first pitch he threw. Ramirez would allow three runs in the contest.
It is easy to imagine that if Carlos Carrasco did not get injured that his dominance on the mound would have continued. Carrasco was fantastic in his last start in Seattle and kept on rolling Tuesday. Over his last 11 innings Carrasco has allowed five hits and struck out 16 batters while walking two. Carrasco was building off his start against the Mariners were he shut down a much better offense than the Marlins.
Cleveland needs Carrasco’s MRI to come back clean. After losing Mike Clevinger for the majority of the season they cannot afford to lose another starting pitcher. The Indians margin for error at this current point in time is razor thin and losing another starter is not optimal. If Carlos Carrasco is fine health-wise there is no reason to panic.
Wednesday Morning Update
Per Zack Meisel of The Athletic Carlos Carrasco is fine and intends to make his next start.
The Indians dodged a huge bullet with this one. A serious injury to Carlos Carrasco could have absolutely derailed this season, even though this season is not off to the best of starts thus far.
