But for Michael Brantley and Carlos Carrasco, no matter what they say publicly (and Brantley, true to form, says very little), this postseason run has mixed the bitter with the sweet, and the agony of injury eats away at them.
"Inside of me, I feel destroyed," Carrasco said. "But outside, I need to continue to be the same guy I was in Spring Training and during the season, before my injury."
Carrasco was hit on the hand by an Ian Kinsler comebacker on Sept. 17, breaking the fifth metacarpal and shelving him for the season.