Luis Castillo – We hated him because he was black?
How about his decline in speed, decline in range, decline in health, his inability to catch pop-ups against the Yankees?
All the heat he got, was warranted and it was a product of how much money he made comparative to his productivity. Great, he hit.302 in 2009 but was the softest .300 in recent memory with his .732 OPS. It’s like a guy rushing for 1,000 yards and scoring 1 touchdown. SOFT.
Castillo did nothing well, other than take pitches, sacrifice bunt and pivot the double play at 2B.
There’s no reason at the current state of the Mets to not payoff Castillo and see what these younger, cheaper 2B’s can do.
If you keep Castillo, and let Brad Emaus go back to his original team in the Rule 5 draft, you may never know what he can turn out to be. If you keep Castillo, and don’t give David Murphy or Justin Turner a shot at 2B, you may never know what they can turn out to be.
The move makes baseball sense.
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