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Carrasco Superb In Venezuela

Let’s head over to the Venezuelan Winter League, where top prospect Carlos Carrasco is doing great things:

11 GS / 47 IP / 3-0 / 2.11 ERA / 42 H / 45 K / 11 BB

It’s pretty obvious Carrasco is just about ready to make the jump to Philadelphia, but it might be wise to give him eight to 10 starts in Lehigh Valley, so he can stay in his groove before he moves up. Obviously it creates something of a logjam once he steps to the majors, but it’s the kind of logjam the Phillies would love to have.

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.