Comments on: News: Castillo’s Clock is Ticking

By: Wright88

Wright88 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:28:24 +0000

How can anyone support bringing up Castillo….the dude is not hitting at all in the minors! And lets not forget he was rehabbing in A ball as well as AA. Heck Reese Havens and Mike Carp have been outperforming him. There are a whole bunch of stats one can use to justify keeping him, but the most important thing is the W/L with and w/o him. Yes…there have been a lot of changes duh. But I believe Luis Castillo has the lowest RZR of any 2b in the majors and he hit into a lot of DP’s. Why try to fix something thats not broken? He’s never going to be fully healthy, The best Castillo will give us is a high OBP at the bottom of the order…is that worth messing with the chemistry? Castillo is a defensive whiz, contact hitter, and speedster who has lost his speed and has become a liability in the field. Great…a singles hitter just what we need.

By: uppertank

uppertank — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:19:12 +0000

.077…not bad for castillo

By: Ed in Westchester

Ed in Westchester — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:28:20 +0000

yawn

By: Ed in Westchester

Ed in Westchester — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:27:37 +0000

replaced with the bat of Easley, who now has 2 dp’s today?

OK.

By: mikey_FF

mikey_FF — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:08:21 +0000

Delgado’s bat can’t be replaced. Castillo’s can. That’s the difference.

By: mikey_FF

mikey_FF — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:06:35 +0000

Go back to sleep in westchester, thanks. :)

By: Ed in Westchester

Ed in Westchester — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:55:11 +0000

I wonder how many of the people wanting to cut Castillo wanted to do the same to Delgado a few months ago?

The lesson is don’t give up on an injured guy too soon.

By: Ed in Westchester

Ed in Westchester — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:49:21 +0000

Yeah, he’s lazy. Meanwhile, everyone rails against his infield hits, which are only possibly because he hustles out of the box.

I’ve seen Easley make some errors at second as well, in key spots and non-key spots.

But it is kick Luis time, so everyone forgets that.

Though if the team starts to struggle again, and Easley and A Reyes are hitting 200, the tide will turn.

By: Ed in Westchester

Ed in Westchester — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:46:25 +0000

Because that stat is not something that Castillo can control. It is the height of absurdity to use a team’s record to justify not playing a player.

Was it because Castillo left that Perez and Pelfrey suddenly started to pitch well?
And was it because he left that Delgado found the fountain of youth?

Meanwhile, Easley just grounded into his 3rd double play in two games.

I’m sorry, that was a stat. But I’m sure you saw the DP with your own eyes.

By: mikey_FF

mikey_FF — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:28:28 +0000

ridethesnake posted this “stat” at the top.

Since June 5:
7-15 when Castillo plays
31-13 when he doesn’t play

In 2007:
21-24 with Castillo playing
67-50 when he didn’t

You guys don’t like that stat though, as you find ways to turn a blind eye toward that.