It's been a long haul. Carrasco was buzzing along last season with an 11-8 record, 3.32 ERA and 150 strikeouts in 146 1/3 innings on Sept. 17 when a liner off the bat of Detroit's Ian Kinsler fractured his right hand.
That sidelined him for the duration and he had to sit and watch as his team win the American League Central, the AL pennant, and come down to the last pitch of Game 7 in the 10th inning of the World Series before losing to the Cubs.
Carrasco said on Wednesday after throwing 35 pitches over three scoreless, hitless innings -- striking out two and walking one -- that he faced that situation with a tad bit of frustration mixed with happiness for his teammates.