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Guardians Designate Anthony Castro For Assignment, Activate Cody Morris

By Steve Adams | September 1, 2022 at 2:29pm CDT

The Guardians have designated right-hander Anthony Castro for assignment in order to open a spot on the 40-man roster for fellow righty Cody Morris, who’s been reinstated from the 60-day injured list, MLB.com’s Mandy Bell tweets. Infielder Ernie Clement has also been recalled from Triple-A Columbus.

Castro, 27, was acquired in the Opening Day swap that sent outfielder Bradley Zimmer to Toronto. He appeared in a dozen games with Cleveland and posted a 7.43 ERA with a 12-to-10 K/BB ratio in 13 1/3 innings of relief. Castro averaged 95.2 mph on his heater and induced grounders at a 51.2% clip — both solid marks — but the bottom-line results and shaky command clearly weren’t encouraging. He’s notched a 3.94 ERA and an impressive 29.5% strikeout rate in 29 1/3 Triple-A innings this season but also posted a cringe-worthy 15.2% walk rate in that time.

Dating back to 2020, Castro has totaled 39 Major League innings between the Tigers, Blue Jays and Guardians but limped to a 6.00 ERA in that time. He throws hard and has missed plenty of bats in Triple-A, but command has long been an issue and Castro will be out of options in 2023. Cleveland will place him on outright waivers or release him within the next week.

Morris, 25, likely would’ve made his MLB  debut by now were it not for a strained teres major muscle that shut him down back in Spring Training. Cleveland selected him to the 40-man roster back in November on the heels of a 2021 season that saw him log a sparkling 1.62 ERA and 93-to-20 K/BB ratio in 61 innings across three levels.

Though he spent most of the season on the injured list, Morris has been able to go out on a minor league rehab assignment recently, and the results have been outstanding. He tossed three scoreless innings with nine strikeouts and no walks for the Guardians’ Rookie-ball affiliate before jumping to Triple-A and holding opponents to four runs with a 30-to-6 K/BB ratio in 15 1/3 innings of work. Between the past two seasons, Morris has tallied 52 innings of Triple-A work with a 1.90 ERA, a massive 40.6% strikeout rate and an 8.9% walk rate.

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6 Comments

  1. Jon M

    3 years ago

    Ernie Clement and his 44 wRC+ will carry them to victory

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  2. DarkSide830

    3 years ago

    Cody Morris – 2023 AL RoY sleeper

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    • lucas0622

      3 years ago

      If he starts maybe but it’ll be tough for him if he’s a reliever full time now, which is I think the direction the team wants to take him

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      • DarkSide830

        3 years ago

        Not up on his stuff but I’ve believed it is quite good given the K rate. Surely he could be a weapon out of the pen and is a candidate to maybe step into the rotation if need be.

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  3. miggywrld

    3 years ago

    Anthony Castro – Tigers legend. Should we claim him and reunite the Castro trio with Harold and Willi?

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  4. WideWorldofSports

    3 years ago

    Creating roster space for Donovan Mitchell, luv it

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