MRI on Carrasco's elbow shows no structural damage

After failing to make it out of the second inning in Monday's start against the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians right-hander Carlos Carrasco underwent an MRI on his right elbow Tuesday that revealed no structural damage, manager Terry Francona confirmed.

"Everything's OK," Francona told Jordan Bastian of MLB.com. "He's got a little swelling in (his right elbow), but nothing structurally or anything like that. So, there's a pretty good chance we're going to bump him back a start."

On Monday, after throwing three hitless frames in his previous outing, Carrasco allowed eight hits - including a whopping three home runs - while working with a "really flat" fastball, pitching coach Mickey Callaway said, over 1 2/3 ugly innings at Camelback Ranch. In six spring innings, the 29-year-old owns a 15.75 ERA with a 2.25 WHIP, with opponents managing a .425 average against him thus far.

Carrasco, who received Cy Young votes in 2015, managed a 3.32 ERA (141 ERA+) with a 1.15 WHIP over 25 starts last season, his campaign ending Sept. 17 after a comebacker broke his throwing hand.