w/ a .516 O P S (.221 mark vs. RHH was 8th-lowest in A.L. allowed (.269)…Was second in MLB in second-half strikeouts and innings pitched behind Jacob deGrom (120, 93.2IP)...Season nearly took a disastrous turn on June 16 vs. Minnesota after being struck in the right elbow on a line drive off the bat of Joe Mauer to start the second inning…X-rays and bone scans only reported a contused elbow…Was on the 10-day D.L., June 17-July 5, and made a rehab start on June 30 at AA Akron…Following his July 5 return, Carlos posted a 9-5 mark with a 2.59 ERA (29ER/100.2IP) in 15 starts (17 appearances)…Season was off to a pedestrian start, posting a 4.50 ERA thru his first 12 starts as of June 1 (38ER/76.0IP)...Tossed his ninth career complete game on April 11 vs. Detroit, a 9.0 inning, three-hitter…Tossed his second CG on May 9 at Milwaukee (9.0IP, 5H, 2R/ER, season-high 14 SO)…Also struck out a season high 14 batters on September 7 at Toronto, which both represented single-game bests for any Indians starting pitcher in 2018...His penultimate appearance of the season came in relief on Sept. 25 at Chicago-AL, fanning a club season-best and career relief-high 8 strikeouts (3ER, 4.1IP), the most relief SO by an Indian since Kaz Tadano (9, 6/26/2004 vs. Colorado)…In his final start on Sept. 30, he recorded his 17th win in the 2-1, season-finale at Kansas City(1ER/5.0IP)...Also notched a win in 2018 relief debut on July 15 vs. NYY...Earned his 10th win of the season on July 11 vs. Cincinnati, struck out seven batters and recorded his 1,000th career punchout (12th pitcher with 1,000 strikeouts in an Indians uniform)…Also topped the 1000.0 inning plateau during the campaign and now ranks ninth in club history in career strikeouts (1127) and owns the second-highest SO per 9.0 inning ratio in club history (min. Regular Tribe Fest participant...On Aug. 4, 2016 the Venezuelan-born Carrasco announced, via Twitter, that he passed his United States citizenship test...Routinely visited Cleveland Clinic cancer patients following his 2019 leukemia diagnosis and still keeps in touch with many of the patients to this day.The 2019 recipient of MLB's Roberto Clemente Award & AL Comeback Player of the Year returned to pitch in relief in the final month of the season after being diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia in early June…His last Major League start came on May 30 at Chicago-AL (6ER/6.1IP) and as a starter posted a 4-6 record with a 4.98 ERA in 12 starts (65.0IP, 74H, 36ER, 79SO)…Was not bouncing back well after his starts and was feeling fatigued quickly into his outings, losing his last three starts, May 20-30, allowing 14 earned runs and 26 hits in 17.2 innings...Was checked out at the Cleveland Clinic on June 3 as a follow-up to abnormal Spring Training blood work and the general fatigue... Was placed on the 10-day Injured List the following day with the general consensus being a season-ending stint...Began throwing bullpen sessions in July and started a rehabilitation assignment in AA Akron on August 19, making four relief appearances between Akron and AAA Columbus (1.80 ERA, 5.0IP, 2H, 8SO, .125 avg)...Was activated from the 60-day Injured List on September 1, pitching in relief that day in Tampa Bay, just miles from his offseason home... Across 11 relief app's during his Sept. comeback, he posted a 6.60 ERA (15.0IP, 18H, 11ER, 5BB, 17SO)...Posted his second Major League save on Sept. 20, recording the last four outs in the 5-2 win at LAA...Was tagged with a blown save in his first outing back in Progressive Field on Sept. 3 vs. Chicago-AL, allowing a pair of homers and four runs in 1.0-inning of work that erased a 5-2 lead...Ended the season eighth in club history in career strikeouts (1223) and third in club history in career strikeouts per 9.0 IP (9.37) behind Corey Kluber and Trevor Bauer...Recorded a pair of 12-strikeout games, April 6 vs. Toronto and April 17 at Seattle...The 12 SO game on 4/6 came over just 5.0 IP and 90 pitches, becoming the first Indians starting pitcher in the B-R Play Index era (1908-) to strike out 12-or-more batters in 5.0 innings-or-fewer… Became just the ninth pitcher since 1908 to accomplish the feat (previous, Milwaukee's Corbin Burnes, March 31, 2019) and the first Indians pitcher since at least 1908 to record 12-or-more strikeouts in 90 pitches-or-fewer...Recorded a pair of 7.0-inning, shutout starts on April 17 and May 14 at Chicago-AL...At the time of his cancer diagnosis, Carrasco led the AL in strikeout-to-walk ratio (7.18) and walks-per-nine innings (1.52) and was 7th in the AL in strikeouts-per-nine innings (10.94)...He was also fourth in the AL in hits allowed (74) and tied for ninth (36) in earned runs allowed as of May 31...Allowed six runs in each of his last two starts, May 25 and May 30, the first time he's allowed 6 runs or more in consecutive starts since June 28-July 6, 2013...Carrasco tossed his 4th career shutout in a rain-shortened 5-0 victory May 9 vs. Chicago-AL, first shutout since June 25, 2016 at Detroit...Did log at least 5.0-innings in each of his last seven starts and recorded 17.0 consecutive scoreless innings, April 12-28 (second-longest scoreless IP streak by an Indians pitcher in 2019)...Carrasco's K:BB ratio of 5.5 (327/59) since the start of 2018 is tied for 7th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 161 total IP.Enjoyed another outstanding season in the Indians rotation, ending the season as arguably the best starting pitcher on the ballclub… Topped the 200-strikeout plateau for the third time in the last four seasons, striking out a career-best and team-high 231 batters (fourth-highest total in the A.L.