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...welcome to the majors, kid.

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Tribe's prize makes debut

September 1, 2009 6:25 PM

Well, I know which game I'm watching tonight:

The Cleveland Indians have called up pitcher Carlos Carrasco to make his major league debut in Detroit.

Carrasco was acquired from Philadelphia in July as part of the deal that sent Cliff Lee to the Phillies. The right-hander went 5-1 with a 3.19 ERA in six starts at Triple-A Columbus. He will start against the Tigers on Tuesday night.


You might recall that the Phillies, at least according to some accounts, didn't trade for Roy Halladay because the Blue Jays wanted Kyle Drabek a lot more than they wanted Carlos Carrasco. The Indians weren't so picky when trading Cliff Lee ... and while they'll miss Lee, Carrasco is one fine consolation prize.

Carrasco's stock presumably fell some this season because of his poor record and high ERA: 6-9 and 5.18 while pitching for the Phillies' Triple-A affiliate in Lehigh Valley. Through it all, though, Carrasco's strikeout and walk data were actually better than his career marks as a pro; better than the marks that got him listed among the organization's top prospects last winter.

Apparently there was little wrong with Carrasco that a little better luck and a bit more support from his teammates wouldn't cure. And since joining the Cleveland organization, his luck's been good and his control's been better than ever. Carrasco now has a wonderful Triple-A record that includes a 3.34 strikeout-to-walk ratio ... and he won't be 23 until next spring.

If you could have, right now, six years of Carlos Carrasco or one year and two months of Cliff Lee, which would you choose?

Lee, probably. Because young starting pitchers are so terribly unreliable. And because Lee's scheduled to earn only $8 million next year. But it's close. And won't appear close at all if the Indians can somehow keep Carrasco off the disabled list for most of those six years.

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Great start!

4 run first!

I had earlier been looking for a thread to optimistically post that a 3 game sweep of the Tigers would put The Tribe only 8 games out of first.

So much for that,....

lol, you could always just hijack the thread

Isn't funny after all the talent we traded that we're playing decent baseball now?

Easy to play loose when there's no pressure to perform. Same thing happened last year...didn't the Indians have one of the best post-ASB records in the majors?

Have to admit, I thought that too.

That's too funny purp

Yeah, me too. So I googled his name and found out he was Cleveland's pitcher. I posted the article to help others.

didn't ricky vaughn start out like that?

If that was his batting line for the night it'd be the fourth story on SportsCenter for sure, after updates on the Yanks, BoSox, and Favre!

And Michael Vick...

about as good a start as Chris Perez....he's doing pretty good for us now though

True Dat,...had to have his baptism of fire sometime,....

Really needed that win last night, but can still gain a game on the Tigers with 2 wins Wed/Thurs.

Detroit is, or should be, in "putaway" mode though -- they can bury Cleveland to 14 back. And of course, they are watching Minnesota climb hard,....