Carlos Carrasco's MRI Is Negative, Expected To Make Next Start rotoballer.com Wed 4/24/19 11:36 AM

Cleveland Indians starter Carlos Carrasco (knee) is expected to make his next start after leaving Tuesday's game when he tweaked his knee in the fourth inning. The 32-year-old tossed three perfect innings before succumbing to the injury. Luckily, Carrasco seems fine as an MRI on his knee came back negative. He has a 2-2 record, 6.00 ERA, and 33/5 K/BB rate through 21 innings this season. As of right now, Carrasco is expected to be on the mound against the Houston Astros on Sunday.

Carlos Carrasco Leaves Game In Fourth Inning rotoballer.com Tue 4/23/19 8:02 PM

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco(knee) left the game after four innings Tuesday night in his start against the Miami Marlins. Carrasco appeared to injury his knee covering first base. He stayed in to complete the inning but did not come back out for the fifth. Carrasco was in the middle of a dominant outing, striking out four and allowing just two hits in his four shutout innings. Finishing the inning is a promising sign that he was pulled for precautionary reasons, but this wi[...]

Statcast Pitcher Studs and Duds - Exit Velocity for Week 4 rotoballer.com Tue 4/23/19 7:45 AM

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Week 4 Starts & Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups rotoballer.com Thu 4/25/19 3:59 AM

We're now in "late April" and can start to talk ourselves into hot or cold starts being for real, including the juicy baseballs that are destroying pitchers! Welcome back everyone to our starts/sits column for Week 4. [...]

Carlos Carrasco Strikes Out a Dozen on Wednesday rotoballer.com Wed 4/17/19 10:12 PM

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco was electric on Wednesday, tossing seven scoreless innings while allowing just three hits and two walks while striking out 12. He evened his record at 2-2 and lowered his ERA to 7.41 after a few rough starts to kick off the season. This start showed Carrasco's upside, and if he's back to his old self, he's worth owning and starting in all formats.

Week 3 Starts & Sits - All Starting Pitcher Matchups rotoballer.com Tue 4/16/19 5:00 AM

Mid-April means trends are rounding into form and you can start to believe in stats, aren't you excited? Welcome back everyone to our starts/sits column for Week 3. We here at RotoBaller set out to ease your decision-making with our weekly starting pitcher matchups and recommendations.In case you missed it, this is oursixth year now writing this weekly column, helping fantasy baseball managers pick the best pitchers weekly.Below are the projected starting pitching matchups for [...]

Buy or Sell - Undervalued and Overvalued Players for Week 3 rotoballer.com Mon 4/15/19 1:31 AM

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Outfield Waiver Wire Pickups for Week 3 rotoballer.com Mon 4/15/19 2:50 AM

Managers continue to slide through the waiver wire at alarming rates. Try not to overreact and make rash decisions. Let the underperforming stars get into a groove. Their numbers will normalize.Some outfielders would be better suited to stream for a hot bat. Others need to be replaced just because they are no longer on the field (IL). That is a situation that is affecting many owners, and there is nothing you can do except find a decent replacement as quickly as possible or risk losing valuable [...]

Carlos Carrasco Only Gets Two Outs in Friday's Start rotoballer.com Fri 4/12/19 10:19 PM

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco only got two outs in his start on Friday, allowing six runs on six hits and a walk. He faced nine batters, threw 28 pitches (15 strikes), and made his way to the showers. Carrasco's off to a rough start this season, posting a 12.60 ERA in the early going. He should ultimately be fine, but owners may want to skip his next start just in case.

Cleveland Rocked - How to Recover from Key Injuries to the Tribe rotoballer.com Fri 4/12/19 8:55 AM

Things aren't going well for the Cleveland Indians in 2019. The offense did very little to try and improve over the offseason, watching left fielderMichael Brantley and catcher Yan Gomes walk and trading slugger Edwin Encarnacion and infielder Yandy Diaz. Carlos Santana has looked great, but Jake Bauers has not performed as well as Diaz and the catching and outfield positions have been disasters.Then, there are the injuries. Oh boy. Jose Ramirez is healthy now but he missed some time in spring t[...]