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Victor Arano shut down with elbow injury

Spring training has claimed its first Phillie to injury.

Victor Arano, the hard-throwing right-hander who some think may find his way in the Philadelphia bullpen at some point in 2017, has been shut down with a sprained ulnar collateral ligament

That’s an elbow injury. The 22-year-old who is likely to start 2017 in Reading had an injection Wednesday, says Matt Breen, and won’t throw for at least four weeks.

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.