On April 24th, 2016, the baseball world was given a scare as one of the game’s more dominant starting pitchers over the past three seasons collapsed in pain after trying to cover first base. Cleveland Indians RHP Carlos Carrasco went down in agony - grabbing his knee area in what was reminiscent of the injury Garrett Richards suffered two years ago that ultimately ended his season. Fortunately for Carrasco though, he only endured a strained hamstring that resulted in a five week absence on the disabled list. Carlos has since returned to the mound and made four starts after recovering from the injury. He appears to (understandably) still be getting into seasonal form as his control hasn't been what we've seen from Carrasco in the past. Despite not having his best stuff, Carlos threw 7.1 quality innings that ended in a no-decision. Let’s breakdown Carlos “Cookie” Carrasco’s June 19th start at home against the White Sox with 13 HD GIFs.
As per usual, before getting into the GIFs, let’s take a quick glance at Carrasco’s strikezone plot from the outing:
