The Indians placed right-hander Carlos Carrasco and left-hander Tyler Olson on the 10-day disabled list today, as per a team press release. Righties Shane Bieber and Evan Marshall have been recalled from Triple-A to fill the two spots on the 25-man roster, with Bieber starting today’s game against the Twins.
Carrasco is headed to the DL with what the team describes as a “right elbow contusion,” which would be a best-case scenario after Carrasco took a Joe Mauer line drive off his throwing elbow yesterday. The 99.6mph liner forced Carrasco to leave the game, and he was scheduled to undergo x-rays this morning, though there aren’t yet any details on the results of those tests.
Cleveland has off-days this Thursday and on June 28, so it’s possible Carrasco could only miss one start if his injury isn’t serious and he spends the minimal amount of time on the DL. The right-hander has been a big contributor to the Tribe’s rotation, posting a 4.24 ERA, 9.5 K/9, and 4.36 K/BB rate over 91 1/3 innings this season. The ERA is a bit higher than Carrasco is used to over the last three seasons, though ERA predictors (3.40 FIP, 3.43 xFIP, 3.43 SIERA) have a more favorable view of his performance.
Olson, meanwhile, has suffered a left lat strain. The southpaw famously didn’t allow a single run over 22 innings (20 in the regular season, two in the playoffs) for Cleveland last season, though his 2018 has been much rockier, with a 7.27 ERA over 17 1/3 frames. Olson is still missing bats to the tune of an 11.9 K/9, however, and while his 4.15 BB/9 is problematic, he has also faced a lot of bad luck in posting that ungainly ERA. Olson isn’t allowing a lot of hard contact (his .306 xwOBA is well below his .365 wOBA), and he has an unusually low strand rate (just 54.6%) and a very high .378 BABIP.
With Olson out, veteran Oliver Perez is the only left-hander in the Indians pen, as Andrew Miller is still sidelined with knee inflammation. Miller has been tossing bullpens in recent days, however, and is expected to at least be starting a rehab assignment relatively soon.
olson sucks. too bad he wasn’t DFA’d
Why do fans never realize most lefties take long to develop for whatever reason. If you listened to fans which only bad teams that never win do there would be 5 lefties in the entire league.
One day he looks decent, the next crappy……..just like the team.
he always looks crappy to me. last year was a mirage. you had to know this was coming
Tigers going to shock the world and win the central
I understand all the Tribe’s roster moves and the revolving bullpen door, but I would have thought Ryan Merritt would have been activated by now. Does anyone know his status?
he’s still working back from various injuries in extended spring training last i knew
From the Tribe website:
• Left-hander Ryan Merritt allowed four hits and struck out one while going three innings during his first game on a Minor League rehab assignment with Triple-A Columbus on Thursday. Merritt has been dealing with a left knee sprain and left shoulder inflammation, and he was moved to the 60-day DL on May 15.