CLEVELAND, Ohio – Success in the big leagues can come at any point of a player's career. Some come to a boil fast. Others bubble slowly to the top, serving every day, and then some, of the required minor league apprenticeship.
The men in the front office chart the progress and wait. Sometimes they don't wait long enough. Sometimes they wait too long. And sometimes they get it just right.
"If you aren't patient, you never see these guys come out the other side," said manager Terry Francona.
In the tumultuous career of Carlos Carrasco, the Indians could be credited with having the patience of Job.