Carlos Carrasco of Indians has leukemia

Indian pitcher Carlos Carrasco revealed on the Dominican television channel CDN 37 that he had been diagnosed with leukemia. The right-hander was shut down on June 5 because of an unspecified blood disorder. At that time, Cleveland announced that Carrasco would move away from the sport to explore optimal treatment for what he was fighting, and expected him to return later this year. Carrasco is also optimistic about his return to baseball this year, according to his interview.

"At the end of May, they shut me up because they had seen something different with my blood," Carrasco told CDN 37 in Spanish. "The doctors got a little worried and they sent me for a blood test, another blood test. Blood levels were low, platelets very high. The following week, my wife and I went to the hospital and they told us the news that I had leukemia. That's one of the reasons I'm not playing right now, but I'll be back in late July. "

The details of Carrasco's leukemia and what exactly would mean a return to the team at the end of the month were not mentioned in the interview.

Before going to IL this season, Carrasco was 4-6 with a 4.98 ERA in 12 starts. He has just left his remarkable 2017 season, barely two years after winning 18 games with a 3.29 ERA and finishing fourth in the AL Cy Young vote.