Born in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, Carlin\'s family moved to Aylmer, Quebec when he was very young and he played baseball in the province of Quebec, notably for the Quebec Diamants of the Ligue de Baseball Elite du Quebec in 1999 before obtaining a scholarship from Northeastern University, where he played college baseball for the Huskies. He was named to the All-Tournament Team at the 2002 America East Tournament, in which the Huskies finished second.\n', '

He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft and signed his first pro contract on June 18 of the same year and played for the Oneonta Tigers in the New York–Penn League before being released by the Tigers on March 2003. \n', '

He signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres in April 2003 and played in their organization for six years with stops with the Eugene Emeralds of the Northwest League (A-) and the Fort Wayne Wizards of the Midwest League (A) in 2003, Fort Wayne and the Lake Elsinore Storm of the California League (A+) in 2004, the Mobile Bay Bears of the Southern League (AA) in 2005, Mobile and the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League (AAA) in 2006 and Portland in 2007 and 2008.\n', '

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