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Carrasco Pitching Well In Venezuela

Carlos Carrasco picked up his first win of the (Venezuelan Winter League) season by allowing one run in five innings on Wednesday. He struck out five and walked none. The Phillies’ top pitching prospect has a 2.84 ERA in 19 innings to date.

Carrasco is expected to pitch well in Venezuela. I’d consider him, right now, a contender for the fifth-starter spot, along with JA Happ, Kyle Kendrick and — for posterity’s sake — Adam Eaton.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.