Sports Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco announces he is fighting leukemia, hopes to pitch again in 2019 July 6, 2019Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAYComments Off on Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco announces he is fighting leukemia, hopes to pitch again in 2019 The Indians right-hander told a Dominican TV station that he has leukemia, a type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow.