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Down goes Velasquez, up comes Pinto

And it continues.

The Phillies have placed starter Vince Velasquez on the 10-day disabled list

with a right elbow flexor strain.

Now calling Ricardo Pinto, starting pitching prospect turned reliever, to take his place on the 25-man roster.

Velasquez, who was hurt in Tuesday’s loss to Miami, is 2-5 with a 5.58 ERA this year. He has 53 strikeouts and 21 walks. He hasn’t been very encouraging.

Pinto, 23, is 3-3 with a 5.53 ERA, 27 strikeouts and 17 walks this season for Lehigh Valley. Struggling as a starter, he was converted to the bullpen and in two games there has a 0.00 ERA with two strikeouts and a walk. Pinto can get his fastball into the mid-to-upper 90s.

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.