The Phillies released second baseman Luis Castillo, tweets Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com. It was a brief trial for Castillo, who was picked up nine days ago after the Mets released him on March 18th. All along, the understanding was that Castillo would make the Phillies out of Spring Training or be released.
Phillies second baseman Chase Utley is dealing with chronic knee pain, and hasn't offered a timetable aside from saying he aims to be back before the All-Star break. GM Ruben Amaro Jr. currently isn't thinking about putting Utley on the 60-day DL. While he's out, the Phillies will apparently go with Wilson Valdez and some combination of Michael Martinez, Pete Orr, and Delwyn Young. The Phillies opened a spot on the 40-man roster yesterday by outrighting Matt Rizzotti, which according to Matt Gelb of the Philadelphia Inquirer means a spot is open for either Young or Mike Stutes (Twitter link).
Well that was fast.
Frandsen starting??
Well, there goes the playoff hope of the Phillies this year.
Valdez take it from here!
I think (hope) this means utleys injury is healing and it won’t belong til he plays again
Harold Garcia!
Castillo should just retire
Maybe the Nationals get him lol. They picked up Perez, now how about Castillo!
Does Julio Lugo have a team? His career should be a nice thing for Castillo to look at.
Isn’t Castillo the Met equivalent of Jeter? The only thing is that the fans love Jeter and the fans hated Castillo.
Certainly, both of them are old, slow with little power.
I’m not even a Jeter fan, but this statement is so ridiculous, I cried.
A bit hyperbolic, but I liked it :D
Cut your hair
1000 interweb points
That’s gotta be worth more than that.
Eh i’m a Met fan and there is no comparison. aside from them both being middle infielders. Also I hate Jeter for being overpaid, he still has ML value though, unlike Castillo.
dude, jeter is a carrer yankee, castillo just like 3 years a met…sonso!!
Yep, three things in common must mean that EVERYTHING is the same. Brilliant!
“Well, that was a complete waste of time”
-Kip Dynamite
Boom. Outta here.
Luis, we hardly knew ye.
thats to bad, i hope he to sign with another team hes a good palyer, u dont need to be smart to know that he has a couples good years left…
Actually, the smart folks can tell he’s shot. Sorry to burst the bubble.
u know who castillo is?
I agree?
And most of the dumb folks can tell too.
lol
Lol at your Mets being another 400k deeper in the hole.
right, cause thats going to make such a huge difference…
could be a difference between signing a tough-sign draftee and losing him to college.
Mets should get in on this guy.
Castillo gets 6 million from the Mets this year, so don’t cry for him. He made 24 million off of those poor idiots because Omar thought Castillo was worth it.
If he couldn’t make the Phillies who are desperate to have someone decent 2b, it says all you need to know about who he is as a player at this point.
As for him being blamed for all the Mets recent failures, I think Oliver Perez, Omar, the Wilpons, Reyes, Beltran, etc. all get their fair share of blame.
That whole organization is a pock mark on baseball. Getting rid of Castillo, Oliver Perez is a big step in fixing the clubhouse. Once Reyes, Beltran and the Wilpons are gone, the team can start to rebuild itself again.
And for the record, the guy who did the most damage to clubhouse was Carlos Delgado. He’s a clubhouse cancer.
Reyes and Beltran were injured. They both tried to suit up and wanted to play. How are you lumping them with the likes of Ollie and Minaya?
And Delgado was never a “clubhouse cancer.”
.265/.361/.548 “Cancer” >>> “strong clubhouse presence” no production.
Intangibles = overblown myth.
Hey Jermaine Dye needs a golf partner…
lol maybe the mets sign him lol
lol no lol…lol lol lol
Valdez? Heh….
If he wanted to stick with the Phils, he probably shouldn’t have taken his sweet old time showing up to their camp. Great first impression.
Rotten Phillies, never even gave Castillo a chance.
they did but he didnt show up the first day and made it late to the ballpark the next day and missed his ST game.
Now thats dedication…
Apparently the phillies didn’t give him a chance either :P
Tadahito Iguchi is lookin for a job!
It’s because he dropped a pop-up during infield drills.