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Top Prospects To Pitch In Phils Exhibition Opener

Baseball America has released its top-100 prospect list, and three Phillies made the cut. Check out the list over there.

Here are the Phillies listed (the text is a by-the-numbers statistic):

54. CARLOS CARRASCO
RHP, PHILLIES
1: Pitchers who have appeared in the last two Futures Games; Carrasco is the only one.
Opening Day Age: 21
ETA: 2009

76. ADRIAN CARDENAS
2B, PHILLIES
14: Errors at second base in 2007, his first season at the position.
Opening Day Age: 20
ETA: 2010

90. JOE SAVERY
LHP, PHILLIES
.356, 20: Batting average and homers in three seasons at Rice, though he’ll concentrate on pitching as a pro.
Opening Day Age: 22
ETA: 2010

Definitely surprising that three Phillies made the list. Savery pitches tonight for the Phils against Florida State University. He’ll be followed by Carrasco, then Joe Bisenius, Joshua Outman and JA Happ.

This first game is basically a chance to see the young kids do their thing. It won’t reveal much at all, considering these are college hitters they’ll be facing. But it’s a start, regardless.

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.