The Marlins have acquired left-handed reliever Jose Castillo from the Padres in exchange for cash, per a team announcement. Castillo, whom the Padres designated for assignment last week, has been optioned to Triple-A Jacksonville. Miami had an opening on its 40-man roster, so a corresponding transaction isn’t necessary.
The 27-year-old Castillo had a strong debut with the Padres back in 2018 but has been clobbered with injuries since that time. His 2019 season ended after just two-thirds of an inning due to a torn ligament in his hand. He missed the shortened 2020 season due to a lat strain and had the bulk of his 2021-22 campaigns wiped out following Tommy John surgery.
Castillo logged a sharp 3.23 ERA in his first 39 big league innings, fanning 35.1% of his opponents against an 8.4% walk rate. However, he’s pitched just two big league innings since the start of the 2019 campaign due to that litany of injuries.
Castillo did return to the mound in the minors last season, notching a tidy 2.59 ERA in 48 1/3 innings between Class-A and Triple-A. However, he’s been rocked for a 9.82 ERA in 18 1/3 Triple-A frames so far in 2023 and surrendered four runs in just one-third of an inning in his lone MLB appearance this year.
This is Castillo’s final minor league option season, so he’ll need to establish himself as a viable big league bullpen option before season’s end or else be at risk of being subtracted from the 40-man roster this offseason. He’s already over three years of Major League service time — most of it spent on the injured list — so he’ll be arbitration-eligible this winter and would be a clear non-tender candidate if he can’t take a step forward in his new organization. And, because he has more than three years of service, he’d become a free agent at season’s end if he’s outrighted before that time.
announce ohtani to the reds
Lol keep waiting!
I’d rather him come to the Astros, but Angels absolutely shouldn’t trade for top 100 prospects, Their team is good, they should look to supplement that roster rather than try to compete in 2026/2027. Might even give them a shot to sign Ohtani again in the offseason, if their management pulls off a good deal to compete in 2024.
Don’t know if I agree. They have Ohtani and still are around 500. They need more pieces. I wouldn’t be trading for A ball players necessarily but even if they got equivalent value in major league talent for Ohtani (which they likely won’t) they still would be a 500 team. They have some young talent but are they realistically gonna compete next year? It’s a two month rental. Give me a solid MLB player who is controllable and a good prospect or two and I’m happy personally. Realistically probably a good MLB player and 2 good prospects or 3-4 good prospects and another solid minor leaguer. Maybe two controllable MLB players. Whoever does it is likely gonna regret it. I don’t doubt they can get more but why would anyone give them more for a rental of any caliber? It’s not the NBA? He’s one player. The problem is what they would want is simply not worth two months+ of anyone. They have to accept he’s not gonna resign and get something solid and controllable.
If I were Ohtani I would respect them more if they traded me. They have repeatedly show themselves to be incompetent. Making the best move long term for the organization proves your commitment to winning more than refusing to face reality.
Yep – agree!
Jose has had some Good Stuff
. Big Body.
Shame. Always was rooting for the kid. Hope he gets his career back on track.
Harry – I remember Jose and Miguel Diaz – L and R both showed up in camp about same time and looked so good and promising to be the the future backend of the pen.
A good lesson about those prospects being suspects. The injury bug is just on the horizon.
Hope he gets a shot to rebound.
Last remnant of the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Trade.
A triple-digit reliever (ERA, not velocity)? Interesting
Hate to lose pitching but the guy hasn’t showed what they needed to see…
Now the Padres just need to get rid of Pomeranz who will never throw another MLB pitch.
He’s off the 40 on an expiring contract, there’s not much left to do except wait.
Padres gave up already!
Yeah, first it was a 43 year old washed up DH (Cruz); a washed up infielder (Odor) and now this, a guy that injuries just never allowed him to have a chance to blossom. He really was promising a few years back.
Start looking at 2024 – LOL.
Yup
It was funny to see an ERA of 108.00. obviously it’s over a third of an inning and means absolutely nothing but it still was something I don’t think I’ve seen before.
First of what should be many sell off trades for the Padres. This series against the Pirates should prove once and for all what they should do; sell!! Unless they sweep the Rangers (and they may not even win the series much less sweep) they are still going to be 3+ games under .500 and no better than 4 games out of the wildcard; hell by the time Saturday rolls around the Mets may actually be closer in the Wildcard standings. I know Seidler isn’t going to want to do it because they had such high expectations, attendance is still way high, and perceived “selling” might drive the fans away, but Seidler needs to send the marching orders to Preller: Hader & Snell must go for the best offer you can get by the time the deadline rolls around. If you can nab a couple organization’s top 20’s for Soto you trade him, It will be difficult (especially with the NTC’s), but see if anyone is willing to take Machado, Darvish or even Tatis. Kick the tires on Wacha, Sanchez & others and see if there’s interest. They should try to recoup some lost value in all the trades they’ve made the last 2.5 years.
Max –
Remember the goal is to make playoffs /
Contend / WS – not have the best farm system. Recouping prospects isn’t the priority.
All of those controlled, core players are not going to be traded for prospects.
You aren’t wrong though about a Snell and Hader – you forgot Lugo who in my opinion is better than Giolito right now – for the expiring contract guys.
At some point, you have to pull the trigger on those guys.
With the return on Giolito as a guide, Snell, Hader and Lugo could easily bring back 4 top 100 guys and a couple of them in the top 50.
A team like TB or Baltimore with need for pitching and prospect depth should be calling.
That said, I’m still hoping for the Texas sweep so the Padres at least stand pat for a late push for 2023.
Time for rebuilding mode