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Read: The Castillo Situation

by Michael Baron on November 19th, 2009 at 1:02 pm

In a post to the Bleacher Report, Wendy Adair doesn’t feel that trading Luis Castillo should be a high priority for the Mets this off-season.

Wendy points out that Castillo had a great offensive season and was one of the few players to avoid the disabled list, and given that plus the Mets need for pitching and offense at other positions, the team should hold onto him.

…i agree with Wendy that trading Castillo should not be at the top of the Mets priority list, and i don’t think that it is and i think the team would be ok if they filled other needs and didn’t trade Castillobut he is a singles hitter only and has become a defensive liability to the point where he was a detriment to the team this past season…it’s not to say that his poor defense wasn’t a fluke and that doesn’t mean he won’t be more dynamic at the plate in 2010, but this team lost 92 games in 2009 and injuries are not the only reason for that, so if they have an opportunity to move him for an upgrade, i feel they should do it even if they fill that need before other higher priorities…

For more on this check out Wendy’s post here.