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Phillies Release Luis Castillo

By Tim Dierkes | March 30, 2011 at 12:07pm CDT

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).

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74 Comments

  1. gocrazy

    14 years ago

    Well that was fast.

    Reply
  2. 55saveslives

    14 years ago

    Frandsen starting??

    Reply
  3. Kyle Buttermore

    14 years ago

    Well, there goes the playoff hope of the Phillies this year.

    Reply
  4. chaseiam

    14 years ago

    Valdez take it from here!

    Reply
    • Diehard Philsphan

      14 years ago

      I think (hope) this means utleys injury is healing and it won’t belong til he plays again

      Reply
  5. Josh Ellis

    14 years ago

    Harold Garcia!

    Reply
  6. Rick Garcia

    14 years ago

    Castillo should just retire

    Reply
  7. MB923

    14 years ago

    Maybe the Nationals get him lol. They picked up Perez, now how about Castillo!

    Reply
  8. wickedkevin

    14 years ago

    Does Julio Lugo have a team? His career should be a nice thing for Castillo to look at.

    Reply
  9. optionn

    14 years ago

    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.

    Reply
    • John McFadin

      14 years ago

      I’m not even a Jeter fan, but this statement is so ridiculous, I cried.

      Reply
      • JaySchu

        14 years ago

        A bit hyperbolic, but I liked it 😀

        Reply
      • inleylandwetrust

        14 years ago

        Cut your hair

        Reply
    • MetsEventually

      14 years ago

      1000 interweb points

      Reply
      • 0vercast

        14 years ago

        That’s gotta be worth more than that.

        Reply
    • Tom

      14 years ago

      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.

      Reply
    • Giorgi Almonte

      14 years ago

      dude, jeter is a carrer yankee, castillo just like 3 years a met…sonso!!

      Reply
    • East Coast Bias

      14 years ago

      Yep, three things in common must mean that EVERYTHING is the same. Brilliant!

      Reply
  10. Gumby65

    14 years ago

    “Well, that was a complete waste of time”
    -Kip Dynamite

    Reply
  11. jasonk

    14 years ago

    Boom. Outta here.

    Luis, we hardly knew ye.

    Reply
  12. Giorgi Almonte

    14 years ago

    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…

    Reply
    • jasonk

      14 years ago

      Actually, the smart folks can tell he’s shot. Sorry to burst the bubble.

      Reply
      • Giorgi Almonte

        14 years ago

        u know who castillo is?

        Reply
        • East Coast Bias

          14 years ago

          I agree?

          Reply
      • rayking

        14 years ago

        And most of the dumb folks can tell too.

        Reply
  13. MetsEventually

    14 years ago

    lol

    Reply
    • nm344

      14 years ago

      Lol at your Mets being another 400k deeper in the hole.

      Reply
      • zack

        14 years ago

        right, cause thats going to make such a huge difference…

        Reply
        • nm344

          14 years ago

          could be a difference between signing a tough-sign draftee and losing him to college.

          Reply
  14. Gumby65

    14 years ago

    Mets should get in on this guy.

    Reply
  15. dickylarue

    14 years ago

    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.

    Reply
    • East Coast Bias

      14 years ago

      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.”

      Reply
    • ARod's Ring

      14 years ago

      .265/.361/.548 “Cancer” >>> “strong clubhouse presence” no production.

      Intangibles = overblown myth.

      Reply
  16. monkeyspanked

    14 years ago

    Hey Jermaine Dye needs a golf partner…

    Reply
    • Giorgi Almonte

      14 years ago

      lol maybe the mets sign him lol

      Reply
      • yeyeye72

        14 years ago

        lol no lol…lol lol lol

        Reply
  17. SixAces

    14 years ago

    Valdez? Heh….

    Reply
  18. rayking

    14 years ago

    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.

    Reply
  19. chicothekid

    14 years ago

    Rotten Phillies, never even gave Castillo a chance.

    Reply
    • oleosmirf 2

      14 years ago

      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…

      Reply
  20. Rawlsian

    14 years ago

    Apparently the phillies didn’t give him a chance either 😛

    Reply
  21. John

    14 years ago

    Tadahito Iguchi is lookin for a job!

    Reply
  22. Robby Reyes

    14 years ago

    It’s because he dropped a pop-up during infield drills.

    Reply

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