Carlos Carrasco’s encouraging curves

Carlos Cararsco looked pretty good coming off the disabled list on Friday night. He gave up a few long home runs, but he got into the sixth and struck out seven batters. He hit 95 on the gun. The Indians won. All of these are good things because it’s good when Carrasco is good, and he hasn’t been all that good this year. In that game though, he had a very… interesting third inning. An inning that needs attention.

Remember, this is a pitcher with a very above-average fastball. At 93.2 miles per hour, it’s the second hardest average fastball thrown by a Tribe starter and 27th hardest among all starters. Keeping that in mind, his third inning was very strange, even considering the general…