FACTS/FLUKES: Carrasco, Sale, Odor, Paxton, Morales

Is Carrasco better than we think?... The 2018 Baseball Forecaster said that Carlos Carrasco (RHP, CLE) has "Cy Young Award" upside. What will it take for the 32-year old to reach that level? 

Year   IP   ERA/xERA  H%/S%  GB/LD/FB  Ctl   Dom  Cmd  Ball%  SwK   Vel  BPV  hr/9
====  ===  =========  =====  ========  ===  ====  ===  =====  ===  ====  ===  ====
2015  184  3.63/2.75  31/69  51/19/30  2.1  10.6  5.0  32.2%  14%  94.5  163   0.9
2016  146  3.32/3.42  30/78  49/20/31  2.1   9.2  4.4  33.8%  13%  93.8  137   1.3
2017  200  3.29/3.26  31/74  45/22/33  2.1  10.2  4.9  34.2%  14%  94.3  150   0.9
2018  192  3.38/3.07  33/74  47/21/32  2.0  10.8  5.4  33.1%  16%  93.5  165  ...

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