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Kendrick Better This Time; Youman and Ennis Dropped

From the scattered press notes Saturday while watching Temple/St. Joe’s and eating sushi:

Kyle Kendrick went four innings and gave up two runs in a Minor League game today.

Good sign. It was his first solid start since his very first start of the spring. I’m still not worried about the kid, but it’s nice to see him be Kendrickian and not Eatonian.

The Phillies optioned Shane Youman and re-assigned John Ennis to Minor League camp.

Ennis has no options remaining, but he’s not on the 40-man roster, so he’s not going to waivers. Youman â€” who is on his final option â€” is the first major casualty of the bullpen races, with the lefty battle coming down to Vic Darensbourg, Fabio Castro and Travis Blackley.

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.