You could see CC pull back after breaking his wrist on Uncle Charlie...as if his back was hurting. Those swing and misses hurt a lot worse than making contact when you're hurting. There's a reason he's hitting 7.
The announcers have spent basically the whole broadcast talking about how batters feel they have no chance and just striking out but fouling some balls off against Cole is a win for the batter. Saying that making a pitcher work to strike you out is about as much fawning as you could do.