If it turns out to matter in 2025, it probably means things went seriously sideways within the Yankee rotation.
Either way, it would cap an amazing career journey.
Fifteen reasons to appreciate Carlos Carrasco.
1. He grew up in Venezuela as a natural RH. To improve his chances, he learned to throw lefty.
2. Deep in the Philly system, at one point, he ate Domino's Pizza for 60 straight days because, "It was the only thing I knew how to order." (Later, Domino's gave him a month of free pizza for being their greatest customer.)
3. In 2011 he was suspended for six games for throwing at the next batter, after Melky Cabrera excessively admired a grand slam.
4. In 2013 he was suspended for eight games for throwing at the next batter, after Robinson Cano excessively admired a 2-run HR. (Extra credit: The batter was Kevin Youkilis.)
5. In 2015, he was carted off the field after being hit in the head by a drive off the bat of Cabrera.
6. In 2015, he took a no-hitter into the 9th before giving up a two-out, two-strike single to Joey Butler.
7. In 2016, a line drive fractured his hand.
8. In 2016, he used his good hand to sign papers to become a U.S. citizen.
9. In 2017, he pitched an immaculate inning, retiring the Tigers on nine straight strikes. He was the 84th pitcher in MLB history to do so.
10. In 2017, he went 18-6 with an ERA of 3.29, finishing 4th in the Cy Young vote.
11. In 2019, he was diagnosed with leukemia. He missed the season, returning for one inning in September. He was later named Comeback Player of the Year.
12. In 2021, he was traded with Francisco Lindor to the Mets. He tore a hamstring in spring training and pitched the season with a bone fragment floating in his elbow.
13. In 2023, the Mets waived him, and he returned to Cleveland.
14. Carrasco has headed up disaster-relief efforts in Venezuela, Colombia and other stricken countries.
15. In 2019, he won the Roberto Clemente Award, as the MLB player "who best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual's contribution to his team."
No expectations. But the Clemente Award? That's not nothing. Who knows? Maybe, in a pinch, he pitches lefty?
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It's always a positive when the NYYs add a pitcher who had a good year in 2017.
Take that, Mets! I guess it’s a depth signing on the cheap, but like many of his new teammates he’s aged out and is running on fumes. The Yankees love to bring guys in at the end of their careers to sell to the rubes. As Duque wrote, if he is on the mound for us this year something has gone very wrong.
He's a good person. Or so it appears. Let's hope he can stay out of the way of line drives.
But Winnie, what does "good person" even mean anymore? And as for becoming a citizen, what does THAT even mean anymore? What can we small specks do in the face of madness? Does anything mean anything anymore? I read the news today, oh boy...
Wishing Carlos all the best for his desperation signing.
Wishing Brian all the best for his desperation signing.
All the way from Washington
Her bread-winner begs off the bathroom floor
"We live for just these twenty years
Do we have to die for the fifty more?"
“I read the news today, OH BOY”
Urine a wishy, wishy mood, JM .
Yanks bringing back Tim Hill, one year plus team option.
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