Carlos Carrasco made the same number of starts in 2020 as he did in 2019, but for very obvious reason she was much more effective this time around. With his battle with leukemia hopefully in the rearview mirror, the Indians’ longest-tenured player quietly turned in one of his best seasons ever while his fellow pitchers garnered attention for either being great or making stupid off-field decisions.
It’s true that Carrasco was no Shane Bieber — because no one was — but he finished the year with a 29.3% strikeout rate and career-bests 63 ERA- and 2.91 ERA. His walk rate was up a bit (9.