Carlos Carrasco News

Christmas week is upon us, and my house is suitably spruced up for the occasion.

Kyle Drabek could possibly become the greatest pitcher in baseball for the next 15 years, but the chances of that happening are very slim.

Hey, Hoynsie: Why do you think Toronto could get Philadelphia's top tier players in a trade for Roy Halladay, but Cleveland could only get loose bodies for Cliff Lee? -- Joseph Ladd, Cleveland Hey, Joseph: The Phillies always valued Halladay more than Lee.

The Phillies will likely introduce pitcher Roy Halladay at a news conference on today at Citizens Bank Park, according to a person with direct knowledge of the team's plans.

In evaluating options for the Triple-A Columbus pitching coach position, Indians farm director Ross Atkins had the perfect name in mind.

The Phillies had enough talent in their farm system to trade for the 2008 American League Cy Young Award winner Cliff Lee in July.

If at first you don't succeed with Roy Halladay and Vernon Wells, try, try again.A With my old friend Paul Sporer pulling guest duty over at the "igers" blog, Eye of the Tiger , I thought I'd do my best to chide a Central Division rival further and play on the misfortune of his "oothless igers". But rather than torture him about last year's ...

Five-Star Prospects 1. Carlos Santana, C Four-Star Prospects 2. Lonnie Chisenhall, SS 3. Alex White, RHP 4. Jason Knapp, RHP 5. Nick Hagadone, LHP Three-Star Prospects 6. Hector Rondon, RHP 7. Lou Marson, C 8. Jason Kipnis, OF/2B 9. Carlos Carrasco, RHP 10.

Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Cliff Lee shuts down the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the World Series.

Cliff Lee and CC Sabathia will make for a nice subplot when they face one another on Wednesday night to open the World Series at Yankee Stadium.

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TV/radio: SportsTime Ohio all games, WKYC Ch. 3 on Sunday; WTAM AM/1100. Pitching matchups: RHP Carlos Carrasco vs.

Carlos Carrasco had to be helped off the field in the fourth inning after being struck by a line drive.

Winning pitcher: Lester . Losing pitcher: Carrasco . Att: 37,459. There is nothing like a dose of a healthy Jon Lester to cure a Red Sox losing streak.

The Red Sox lead the Indians, 3-0, after four innings Thursday night at Fenway Park.

Posted on September 24th, 2009 9:37 AM By Joe Christensen 1) With the Twins off today, the Tigers are in prime position for a three-game sweep of hapless Cleveland, which would pushA the Twins three games back in the AL Central.

Clubhouse confidential: A table in the Indians' clubhouse held dozens of boxes of baseballs in the process of being autographed on Wednesday.

There were some good things to take away from tonight's eleventh straight loss. This was, inexplicably, the best-played game during the current eleven-game losing streak.

The Indians led the Tigers, 2-0, through three innings tonight at Progressive Field.

Cleveland fans must be patient with the haul the Indians received from Philadelphia for Cy Young Award winner Cliff Lee.