The Phillies have released outfielder Nick Castellanos, per a club announcement. He’s now a free agent who can sign with any club for the league minimum.
Castellanos was slated to report to camp in the next few days. He’ll now stay at home and wait to learn where his next opportunity will come. He’s entering the final season of a five-year, $100MM contract that calls for a $20MM salary in 2026. The Phillies will remain on the hook for the entirety of that sum, minus the prorated portion of the league minimum paid to him by any other club who picks him up for even a portion of the season.
Today’s release should come as no surprise. Castellanos stood as an obvious trade or release candidate at season’s end, even before early-November reporting suggested that the Phils would cut ties with him. Earlier this week, it became clear that an inflection point was fast approaching. The Phillies weren’t able to find a taker for even a portion of Castellanos’ salary, it seems, so he’ll now head back to the open market and see if there’s interest from another team as a league-minimum player or minor league/non-roster player in camp.
Philadelphia’s signing of Castellanos always came as something of a surprise. They’d already signed Kyle Schwarber on a four-year, $79MM deal prior to signing Castellanos in the 2021-22 offseason. Both players profile as bat-first corner outfielders who are better suited for DH work, but the Phils opted to ink both to long-term deals, ensuring that one of the two would be in the outfield on a regular basis. That wound up being Castellanos more than Schwarber, and his annually poor glovework has only worsened over the course of his four seasons in Philly.
The hope for the Phils was that Castellanos’ bat would outweigh the negative contributions he’d made with his glove. He’d turned in a huge .309/.362/.576 slash with the Reds the season prior and was carrying an impressive .290/.345/.527 slash over the four years leading up to his Phillies deal.
Things didn’t pan out that way. Castellanos’ bat immediately went south in 2022. He hit just .263/.305/.389 in his first season of that five-year contract. He bounced back to an extent over the next two years (.263/.311/.454) but was barely above replacement level due to poor defense (-20 Defensive Runs Saved, -13 Outs Above Average). The 2025 season marked another step back. Castellanos hit .250/.294/.400 — about 10% worse than league-average, by measure of wRC+ — and was dinged for -11 DRS and -12 OAA.
The Phillies might still have tried to coax something out of Castellanos in 2026 had tensions between the player and club not boiled over during the season. Castellanos was removed from a close game in Miami for defensive purposes and benched the next day after what manager Rob Thomson called an “inappropriate” comment. Matt Gelb of The Athletic reported after the season ended that Castellanos’ teammates and coaches were “disgusted” by what he’d said. The outfielder later took a shot at Thomson’s communication skills down the stretch in the final weeks of the season.
Castellanos himself addressed the “Miami incident,” as he termed it, in a post on Instagram today. He made no mention of the comment that apparently rankled so many of his teammates but admitted to bringing a beer into the dugout out of frustration after being lifted from the game by Thomson.
“After being taken out of a close ball game in front of my friends and family, I brought a Presidente into the dugout,” the Miami-area native wrote. “I then sat right next to Rob and let him know that too much slack in some areas and too tight of restrictions in others was not conducive to us winning.”
In his note today, Castellanos thanked his teammates for taking the drink from his hand before he actually took a sip, apologized to them and reiterated that he apologized to both Thomson and president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski for letting his emotions get the better of him. He added that he was prepared to share the details of the incident with the media at the time it happened but was instructed not to by Phillies management.
The question now becomes one of which — if any — team will be willing to give Castellanos a fresh start in hopes that he can get back to his prior levels of offense. While he still hit for a decent average and knocked in 70-plus runs in each of the past three seasons in Philadelphia, much of that had to do with lineup placement and a strong cast ahead of him (e.g. Trea Turner, Bryce Harper, Schwarber).
Castellanos has never walked much and has turned in three of his four career-low walk rates since donning a Phillies uniform. The plus power he showed with the Tigers, Cubs and Reds prior to signing in Philadelphia has dwindled, too; he posted an ISO (slugging percentage minus batting average) north of .200 for six straight seasons prior to his Phillies tenure (.229 overall). He topped .200 just once with the Phillies, in 2023, when he logged a .204 mark. He’s lost two miles per hour on his bat speed over the past three seasons and posted below-average numbers against fastballs for the first time in his career in 2025, hitting .236 with a meek .368 slugging percentage versus four-seamers.
A club with DH at-bats to spare could well look into Castellanos, but it’s unlikely anyone would sign him to log significant time in the outfield. Teams will surely be wary of the manner in which his relationship with the Phillies deteriorated as well. For instance, Isaac Azout of Fish On First reports that the Marlins, despite lacking an obvious solution at designated hitter, aren’t interested in bringing Castellanos into the fold.
Mets
Why?
18 pack of beer included
Non-alcoholic Presedente
For the league minimum? There will be multiple teams interested.
Yes, and the Mets should not be one of them.
He could be a solid option off the bench. The Mets don’t have a strong bench.
@Bill What pecifically would he be solid at coming off the bench? He’d have sone value as a pinch hitter. But tying up a valuable roster spot in a bat only pinch hitter more than negates any gained value. Bench players who need t I have at least some defensive value and preferably some versatility. His bat alone wasnt providing any value let alone his lack of any defensive value.
Monix – Agreed. It would make sense for a non-contender to take a flier on him, and hope he has a good first half so he can be flipped for a decent prospect at the trade deadline.
I wouldn’t want that cancer in my clubhouse.
Not even. Dude’s overcooked and has been for a while. He can get a milb deal with a camp invite though!
Too bad JK wasn’t around in that dugout, he would’ve kicked the hell out of that can of Presidente
His offensive numbers don’t reflect cooked. Maybe not an all star anymore, but cooked let alone overcooked is a stretch. It’s the glove that hurts his value
As bad as they are projected—- Not even the Cardinals would want that attitude in their clubhouse. No matter how many home runs he could hit!!!
I’ll always like Castellanos. After Tigers game he would hang out sign autographs and answer questions for the grandkids for as long as we wanted.
Cardinals are one of the softest organizations in baseball and just traded away any players that actually hated losing in Donovan and Contreras. Busch stadium will be a ghost town by July…
Cubs could use a platoon DH against LHP
Shaw
@aaron “platoon DH” please tell me that was sarcasm I missed.
Hahahahaha
Mets already have a right handed, DH-only hitter who swings at literally everything and can’t really hit in Mark Vientos. Castellanos would be redundant.
Vientos is young and can still get better. Castellanos is bound for the KBO is my bet.
Maybe KC or SF takes a flier.
KC definitely should. They seem one bat short and there aren’t a lot of options left aside from taking a flier on Castellanos.
KC stays one bat short. It’s just tradition at this point.
@chiefnocahoma: Yep. I would rather roll the dice on Vientos than on Castellanos, especially since the Mets already have Vientos.
Yeah, Mets should probably still look to get the best out of Vientos, especially on a revamped roster. Internal production is crucial for sustained success.
Spaced-Cowboy,
Definitely not SF. Why would they? Besides Ramos, Bader and Lee, even the guys behind them, Matos, McCray, Encarnacion and Gilbert are all preferable to Castellanos in the OF. I’m no fan of Fitzgerald, but I’d even prefer him in the OF. And they have 2 guys at 1B/DH in Devers and Eldridge, that should absolutely not lose playing time to Castellanos.
If KC signed Castellanos they would still be one bat short.
Not coming to SF….The Giants have plenty of whiff machines and Castellanos has stated he does not like to play in SF. Feeling is mutual Bubs. Enjoy the KBO
He’s a clubhouse cancer but maybe we need more dbag drunks in our lineup lol
He’s finishing up a 100 mil deal.
NPB and KBO is great for quad A / fringe sluggers and pitchers trying to re-establish value but he’s already done well for himself financially.
But maybe your right and he happens to just really likes Kimchi and Bulgogi.
“Clubhouse Cancer”, that’s a good one !! He should stay home and enjoy his $20MM !!
No way he’s coming to SF. Posey and Vitello are quite focused on building club house culture, and bringing on players with a winning attitude.
And before a salty Red Sox fan chimes in, Devers has been a total pro since coming to SF! Understand how Boston fans could be frustrated with Devers lack of flexibility in Boston, but the guy has been totally positive with the Giants.
Vientos is a kid. He’s got huge holes in his game: no idea how to sulk, never drinks in the dugout, still runs places. Nick C could teach him a lot.
Plus think of the entertainment value for the world of non-Mets fans.
Wait does NC booze in the dugout?!?
“In his note today, Castellanos thanked his teammates for taking the drink from his hand before he actually took a sip, apologized to them and reiterated that he apologized to both Thomson and president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski for letting his emotions get the better of him. ”
As career limiting events go, it was bad but could have been even worse. Clearly the wise and thoughtful guy to help form young players.
Brewers would be the perfect team…get it?
rct: except that Vientos had one down year after a very promising year, unlike Castellanos who has been bad for a while.
@Joel: no argument from me. I’m mostly trying to point out that the Mets have no use for Castellanos.
Please no
Do the Red Sox have the balls to do the same with Yoshida (2/$36M) and replace him with Castellanos? Yoshida is the better hitter for average, but Nick has much more power and the Sox really need a RH DH with power.
At the very least, find a trade where the Sox retain $14M of the $18M owed to Yoshida and then sign Nick for the minimum.
Was thinking the same thing.
If they wanted to they could have traded one bad contract for another…. obviously they did not want to…..
He should sign with the Rockies and be their DH.
DePodesta values OBP and contact, neither of which are skills Castellanos has.
@Cooper – Philly has never been a good landing spot for Yoshida. They have Schwarber (LH) locked in as their primary DH so they’d have no spot for Yoshida as he really can’t play the OF anymore. Plus, they would not take on another guaranteed year for Yoshida beyond this one just to trade Castellanos. It would make no sense for them.
Why in the world would the Red Sox replace a bad Yoshida with a much worse Castellanos? Why would they even want Castellanos?
Only if his deal includes a keg of Sam Adams.
White Sox, Rockies, AZ, SF?
I would’ve agreed with White Sox until they signed Murakami. Between he and Lenyn Sosa, one of them will occupy DH and likely perform better than NC.
VegasSDfan, The Rockies are the only one of your 4 that makes any sense at all, and that would have to be as DH. SF, with at least half dozen guys better to play the OF, and another 2 at IB/DH, Castellanos makes zero sense for them…
Vaughn is a good example of a hitter who had a good track record but wasn’t succeeding anymore. Then he goes to Milwaukee and he can hit again.
I think Castellanos can do well again for a new ball club. Its minimal risk for any other team.
If Nick still has the fire and wants to play he can help out another club.
I don’t think so. His skills are what they are. He’s exactly the kind of hitter that craters at his age. And with no glove and a dubious clubhouse presence, what is there to pay for at this point? Maybe you could catch lightning in a bottle; he hits a hot streak the first half and some rebuilding club deals him at the deadline, but that’s a stretch. Nearly all clubs are too smart for that these days. Save maybe the paste-eating Rox.
Nats, Rockies, white Sox maybe marlins
@ ohyeadam
Nats have plenty of outfielders already and don’t need a hypersensitive db for their veteran leadership.
Mets are in the process of fixing their clubhouse, they don’t need to sign a hand Grenade.
Pirates. Because…well, why not?
I would’ve stated Pit but they just signed Ozuna.
And take Tiajuan with you!!!
No team in their right mind will agree in bringing a disruptive figure on board !!
yankees are good fit. want righty bats
Why anyone? He’s going to be a league average or below hitter, can’t field worth a darn, and has a bad attitude. I’m sorry if you suck at defense sometimes youre going to be substituted for defensive reasons late in close games. Sorry you suck at defense but that’s baseball
Boom! Who’s gettin em?
The local softball league.
A beer league, obviously.
Gotta be the Brewers!!
We used to have a rule if your hit a ball and knocked over a fielders beer, you were put
His wife and family.
He makes 20 million to do nothing. Nod bad.
He’s been doing that the last several years
.250 with 17 HR and 70 RBI last year. Theres a handful of guys in the league who can hit better than .250 with 17 homers. The “bad in the clubhouse” talk started in Philly, imagine that.
Half the league can put up those numbers given the opportunities Nick had and all the league can play better d than him along with everyone in my softball league. He’s not valuable whatsoever if he was at all someone would have offered to pay him a million to save the Phillies
Not hard to see when you call out your manager for pulling you for a defensive replacement and then show up drinking in the clubhouse immediately. Mr Magoo could see this guy is trouble
.250 and 17 HRs is okay if you’re playing good defense too. Castellanos’s glove is best suited for DH, and a good DH hits way better than .250 and 17 HRs.
@Franlin Roughly 110 players had at least 17 HRs. Of them roughly 70 hit at least .250.
Thats not even factoring in how many of those roughly 110 players had more HRs, more speed, avgbor better defensive value.
All locker room stuff aside as Im not one to speculate. But the players who provide more than him is much more than a handful, thats just reality.
@Jarred Spot on, at best hes a DH. The average DH provides much more with bat. Many are not nearly the liability if need to start a position on occasion.
Personally I believe only a select few are worth being primary DHs. Primary DH come at an expense to roster as it negatively impacts versatility. It also can be a factor in injuries to position players. An open DH spot can be used to rest players from field keeping valuable bats in lineup.
I often wonder had any team other than Angels signed Ohtani would Trout have been healthier right now. Its a near certainty had anyone else been in that DH spot they would ve been moved or found a glove to rest Trout and keep bat in lineup. That extra rest would have obviously lessened the workload on his back which would have had some degree of an impact that we will never know.
True.
The teams that spend the money are the ones who have those guys, we are discussing a guy who is available for the minimum. I bet 10% of the teams have 90% of the guys who can put up those numbers
@Franklin He can’t play defense. The problem is teams value bench spots and they need players who can at least attempt to field a position. Castellanos just does not do that and tying up a valuable bench spot on a platoon DH is just a waste of a bench spot.
Don’t wish that on them! What’d they do to you anyway?
Royals
Dodgers
the Bananas
No way Castellanos can dance well enough to make it on the Bananas.
Seriously? He couldn’t catch balls on two feet. How’s he going to do the acrobats the bananas do and catch balls?
i remember int he playoffs a few years ago people cheering when he made what should have been a routine play. It was in a range most guys would slowly camp under the ball and get an easy out- but he had to slide and barely came up with it.
Bichettte (sr) is the only other player i can think of that was SO bad with the glove, that even being a boarderline all star level hitter was not enough to make them even an average player (maybe some of the full time DH types we just never saw field like big papi- i remember interleague games and how bad he was at 1b)
Perhaps he will join JD Martinez in the pickle ball world.
Has KC written all over it
Go get him JJ. You dont have to trade a pitcher and you won’t find a better hitter for the league minimum. It just makes too much sense. He will rake in Kaufmann.
R O C K I E S
Angels !
This is an Arte moment .
He was the worst fielder as a young player with the Detroit Tigers. I’m amazed his career went so far. But he’s still a terrible fielder. And his entitled attitude won’t do him any favors with other teams picking him up. All he deserves is the league minimum.
You know he’s still getting 20 million from Philly right?
Yup…..Whoever signs him will pay him Veteran Minimum and it will offset what the Phillies owe him. He can choose to play or not play and will get the same.
I don’t know but I suspect if he signed up to play in the Korean or Japanese Leauge, it would not offset and he could then actually increase his earnings. HIs current skill level may play better there than in MLB. At this point at best he is a bottom tier emergency DH.
This is not the NBA. There is no “Veteran’s minimum.”
Uhhh he is 1000% not going to Japan or Korea to play. He struggled to get along with his manager who spoke English. He’s not going to immerse himself in a foreign culture ESPECIALLY one built on discipline and team first mentality. ZERO chance of that happening.
If you were Castellanos, would you really uproot your family and sign in Asia for the 21st million? I wouldn’t and I doubt he will, since he gets paid well this year anyway.
Gruß,
BSHH
Japan I can’t go to Japan
He would probably have to forfeit his current contract to leave
It worked for Tom Selleck. He came around
My friend wants me to watch it. I played a few clips on YouTube and it looks pretty bad movie to me. I remember as a kid it was on mlb TV all the time and they always played the same clip every time I can’t go to Japan.
But I could just watch it for that hairy chest and mustache.
His contract is guaranteed.
@fivepound Why would he have to forfeit his current salary? He was released, if he was under contract hed have to forfeit the contract. But the team patted ways with him. The only significance to this is if he plays with a MLB team hes paid the league minimum and that is subtracted from what PHI owes.
What you call being “Uprooted” some may call a chance of a lifetime to go live in an Exciting Foreign Country for a Year all Expenses Paid and then some.
I know my Wife or Daughter would be THRILLED to be able to do that for a year. While we are not Asian, my Daughter is taking STEM in College and is really hoping for a chance to do a Semester in Japan, though I will likely have to say no for financial reasons…but maybe it can work out….
@Front Id say the financial reasons and/or current job or other commitments in life would be the opposite for Castellanos. With the $ he has already earned he can up and go wherever he feels like. I just dont see a player whose had the success hes had coupled with his career earnings going overseas. I dont see him signing unless its a MLB contract in hopes of continuing next season. I think most likely if no deal signed soon he likely waits til summer to fill a sudden need created by injury. This would mitigate injury risk and likely create a more appealing opportunity in a stronger lineup where a rebound is more likely.
You mean stealing
He won’t ask for more than the minimum because he still gets the same amount, just from two different places. The Phils are paying him the $20 million regardless minus the prorated minimum salary when and if a new team signs him.
Personally I wouldn’t bother risking injury at all and would just take my family to a tropical island to live for the year. Or maybe even the rest of my life. $20 million goes a long way in paradise.
I would take 20 million and not be able to do anything else. Wait no, I wouldn’t, I’m still young enough.
It’s one year. Make it the summer if Astros71.
The average yearly salary in the US is $63,000. It would take you over three centuries to earn $20 million. Unless you are planning to live to be around 340 years old, no you are not still young enough.
Who told you I was only going to make 63K every year of my life?
Who told you that you were going to make more?
Who told you I was going to make less?
Give the kid $200,000 and hundred years and end this silliness
Ooops. 80 years lol. I’m gooder at English than math
Like that nighty news anchor said if the government took all this $ and gave it to citizens every American would get like 2 million dollars each and it was actually like 2 dollars or something. I don’t remember the number but it was off by a bit.
You did, because after our encounters on here I cannot imagine you being an above average worker. But I hope you prove me wrong one day.
I feel like tigers development messed him up. He was brought up playing 3b- he was never going to be even a below average 3b. they should have moved him to 1b or corner OF at a much younger age so he could have actually learned to play a position before he was an established big league player (and was too full of it to learn how to actually player LF)
@James123:
His development in Detroit may not have been ideal, to say the least. However, the Tigers had their reasons not to play him at 1B at that time. Since Fielder and in particular Cabrera were simply better hitters than him; they also employed a productive Delmon Young as LF. After Castellanos showed little progress at 3B, he was moved to RF. Afterwards, the Tigers offered him to play at 1B, but Castellanos refused to “learn a third position” (verbatim or paraphrased).
He was a very good hitter in Cincinnati. But before that I never saw Castellanos as a clear-cut building block, so I can hardly fault the Tigers for not giving him what may have been a less challenging position.
Gruß,
BSHH
Welp, after making a name for himself for homering while other people were getting let go from their jobs, the wheel has now come full circle.
What does this statement even mean?
I think he’s referencing the fact that Castellanos tends to homer during inopportune times. Various youtube videos documenting it.
Thom Brennaman hit a home run today and Nick Castellanos was coincidentally released by the Phillies
disadvantage would like to apologize to all of the people who were confused by this comment – as there’s a drive into deep left field by Castellanos, it will be a home run, and so that’ll make it a 4–0 ballgame.
@otherRick
Best comment 🤣
Top notch!
Nick Castellanos has had several big hits in his career with very awkward broadcast timing, including during Thom Brennaman’s “apology” for saying a slur over a hot mic. You can find a compilation of a few such moments online. It is kind of funny that his career now includes getting released acrimoniously to go along with that all.
@MeowMeow, Nick C is sorta like the Billy Ripken FF error card but strictly from a Castellanos-homer-broadcast hot mic perspective
He hit a home run while Tom Brennaman was apologizing for saying a slur on air that he got fired for. “Um, I made a comment earlier tonight that I guess went out over the air that I am deeply ashamed of. If I have hurt anyone out there, I can’t tell you how much I say from the bottom of my heart, I’m so very, very sorry. I pride myself and think of myself as a man of faith—as there’s a drive into deep left field by Castellanos, it will be a home run, and so that’ll make it a 4–0 ballgame. I don’t know if I’m gonna be putting on this headset again. I don’t know if it’s gonna be for the Reds, I don’t know if it’s gonna be for my bosses at Fox.” He also hit one when another broadcast was eulogizing a veteran who passed.
@Zac Thom Brennaman calling a Castellanos HR while apologizing for using a slur is an all-time uncomfortable sports TV moment. Its a guy doing his job while watching his career die (deservedly). And it’s what Nick Castellanos will be remembered for in 20 years (which is not super fair to Nick, but that’s life)
Who did Tom Brennaman slur against? I really don’t remember.
Gays. He used the term “Kansas City F—-t” on a live mic during a commercial break. I was actually watching the game live on TV when it happened and had no clue what was going on. Turns out the only people that heard it were those on the radio feed.
The mic picked him up describing a place as “the [anti-gay slur] capital of the world.”
Imo the more damning thing was that his “apology” thereafter seemed more directed toward his “bosses at Fox” than toward gay fans, outside of one “to anybody I may have hurt” (followed immediately by him hyping himself up as “a man of faith”, which was really weird).
It was a reference to Blazing Saddles right? Or does he really think that of us in KC?!?!
Mel Brooks costs the job of another unwitting fool.
Simple google search should clear it up.
As an old boss of mine once said “you can goggle it!”
Cleveland…do you have a pulse? Do something for Jose and that lineup.
It’s such a no risk move, I want them to do it. I guess he has his choice of any team that’s interested, since money doesn’t matter. There are probably a handful now that he’s league minimum, though not too many. Would Cleveland be able to promise him playing time?
Playing time is my only concern. If he was happy at DH for most games, and a game or two in RF a week he makes sense.
Advantages – league minimum salary and right-handed hitter.
Disadvantages – Very poor defense – attitude problem – clashed with Phillies manager last year. Is he the kind of player that you want influencing a young team? Will he be happy playing part time or cause more problems?
Are the advantages worth taking the risk?
Guards’ best regular RHH had a 76 OPS+ last year, somehow decently worse than Castellanos. I don’t think they have a regular DH, so there are at bats to be had, without exposing his defense that much.
As far as the attitude, is that the only incident? I honestly don’t know much about him as a clubhouse presence other than sulking last year. Maybe this snaps him into being a better teammate, since he knows it won’t be a big deal to cut him. And if anyone can sort him out in that regard, I’m guessing the reigning two-time AL manager of the year would be the guy.
My feeling is, as long as he’s not taking at bats from capable younger guys, he’d be worth a shot. Best case, he contributes to the team. Or potentially gets a decent deadline return. Worst case, cut him after a few weeks.
I’m a Phillies fan and there are other incidents. That said, since Cleveland’s offense was so dreadful last year he would be an upgrade.
Other rick, he’d be a terrible choice. He hasn’t had a good showing vs rhp since 2021 and in 188 PA vs lhp last year he had a .688 ops. Then mix in the me first attitude. The Guards have a slew of really good young LHH needing a crack — Delauter, Kayfus, Valera even SH Brito who played both RF and 2B. Guards have former AAA MVP certified lefty killer Johnathan Rodriguez who is as bad a fielder as Castellanos but who would slot right in happy to take on a role solely vs lhp. In my opinion that’s what they need.
Apparently, Castellanos argued with Thomson that he thought slurping oysters from their shell was overrated and that hot dogs were better than cheeseburgers… obviously Thomson took this about as personally as you could, so he decided he needed to be off the team and gone.
Why do you make things up? The question was if a hotdog is a sandwich, not if they are better than cheeseburgers. Its hard to have faith in the comment section if blatant lies are being spewed
Letting hotdogs into the sandwich family is like inducting Harold Baines to the Hall of Fame. Eventually it loses all meaning. What’s next, burritos and Brett Gardner? Samosas and Scott Kazmir?
The arbitrary walls of customs and statistics are supposed to insulate us against the hotdog and Harold Baines set and yet the chaos is encroaching. The corners are crumbling. The children who once looked to us in hope now turn away in disgust because we can’t decide what we’ve always known to be true: hotdogs aren’t sandwiches and Harold Baines doesn’t belong in the Hall.
What if the hot dogs are sliced flat?
wiat till you read the court case that stated that a burritos is an ethnic sandwich.
note- i think it was a lease in a shopping center that included that no other sandwich shop could move into the shoppping center. a burrito place opened up and the sandwich place sued for breach of the lease (makes sense you do not want a business doing the same thing as you to open right next to you). I like to add things like this since statmenets like the above make the court system sound silly, when it really is a legitimate question in that case.
it is not the slicing that makes it- it is something that has something else on the top and bottom. So it could go meat bread meat- or even an oreo. So the question for a hot dog is really one about bun integrity.
we have all been to the cookout where they grill up the buns. It adds another layer of fllavor, but makes the bun fragile. The thin hinge between the sides may have structural issues resulting in tears along said seam. Once that seam has burst- there is an undeniable reality that you now have a sandwich. There is now a clear top and bottom with something in the middle.
Befor that happens, there is this magical treat in your hand, the hinge in the bun allows for condoments to be placed on the top with litter fear that it will simply fall out. That magical ability is what makes a hotdog not a sandwich…. but that thin sliver of bread connecting the sides is a slight tear away from your mustard falling all over you and being the jerk sitting there with just a sandwich.
Castellanos is a tough fit, especially if he wants an everyday role.
He is a dreadful fielder in RF. You could have him as the primary DH.. but that means you are shifting Manzardo to 1B and Kayfus to RF. Either way, the defense gets a lot worse.
That is a lot to give up on the defensive side of the game for an all-bat player.. who is 34 and really hasn’t hit all that well over the last 4 seasons.
His power and past performance against LHP both fill a need for Cleveland. From the perspective of filling an active roster, it is really difficult to carry a guy all year who doesn’t do anything particularly well – except hit LHP.
What a waste…
Best known outcome in a while
Man the Dodgers are ruining baseball
I’m glad you pointed it out, with small market teams essentially being a farm system for teams like the Dodgers. 450 million payroll compared to 120 million. Not to mention TV contracts. Do you happen to be a Dodgers fan?
Nope–Pirates fan
And I can’t wait until we beat them in the NLCS this year!
Lol. Funny. But ain’t happening. Dodgers won’t get out of the NLDS.
The Dodgers have recently gotten Betts from Boston, Freeman from Atlanta, Ohtani from Anaheim, Diaz from NY and Tucker from Chicago. What is your definition of a small market?!?
not dodgers.
this is an Angels signing 11 outta 10 times, easy
True but they already have what 3 right fielders rn?
Well, they’re in luck because Nick is not a rightfielder anymore!
EXACTLY!! 😭😭
to play where
Anaheim!
I thought the Angels play in Los Angeles. /j
Hard to believe the Angels didn’t swing a trade to take on his contract.
Mean.
White Sox
The White Sox don’t need a DH. They will use that slot most frequently between their two catchers, for whoever is not behind the plate each day.
They also have DH PA’s available for LF Andrew Benintendi who has become a liability on the grass. As bad as Benintendi is defensively, he looks like a GG outfielder (he was back in 2021!) compared to Nick Castellenos.
The White Sox also don’t need a potential clubhouse “cancer” with their mostly young roster. They may still be looking to add a veteran OF to their mix but it should be someone with the ability to actually play defense, preferably at all three spots.
A Mike Tauchman reunion would make some sense, especially since he also provided needed veteran leadership to the White Sox in 2025 along with some nice stats. He has attributes the White Sox could still use in 2026.
Can’t say White Sox on any post without Aaron giving his expertise. The guy should be in Chicago because he knows it all and always has the perfect answer.
Good call. The White Sox are the obvious team most are missing here.
Prepare for the Twins’ big offseason acquisition
Wow, no one willing to deal anything (or most likely Phillies declined moving anyone else in a deal), but I’ll be he signs pretty quickly for the minimum. No brainer for a team looking for a righty of/dh.
Pretty sure the Yanks can afford him now if they’re still looking for another right-handed OF as was reported last week.
Toronto will probably have interest, KC still looking? Stros? Angels?
The problem is he had an 88 OPS+ last year. That’s 12% worse than the average hitter. When you add in one of MLB’s worst fielders, worse baserunners and a guy who from time to time has an attitude problem I can’t see him going to anyone but a small market team where that 88 OPS+ is an upgrade over what they have.
Well as much as I wanted at least $1MM-$3mm in savings, as I’m sure ownership did, I’m Dombrowski shook all the trees he could to get someone to bite. Phillies had to let him go now so he could find another team. Free agents tend to remember how other players were treated.
Free agents sign with whoever gives them the most money. Casty is a jerk. They’ll remember that.
The fact that his teammates were disgusted by what he did, is going to limit any sympathy from other players. No FA is going to avoid Philly because of what happened in the dugout.
@Jean — You are full of it and are a sympathizer to a rotten cause.
His teammates loved him.
Harper, Realmuto, Schwarber.
An article came out that Schwarber and Realmuto were disgusted by what Castellanos said that night in Florida and a few teammates were done with him.
Now where did those teammates loved him?
Thats bull but it reads nice in the papers.
They loved him same as all the Phillies fans who are on record in these very forums as having loved Castellanos. Every homerun, every strikeout, every error. Every preseason, at practice, on every road trip. Every win, every loss.
The fact that there are few fans of Castellanos left because he has a black mark on his record is a direct proliferation of the fear and the shame that has destroyed peoples minds and hearts all across this country and the world.
If his teammates turned their back on him, Castellanos understands, his screw up, he would prefer they all take the high road and he will deal with the fallout because that is the kind of person he truly is. Fall on the grenade, save his commrades, teammate and captain. Great ballplayer, never forget.
Right, you have no agenda. I have no cause. I responded to a take that the treatment of Castellanos, will hurt the Phillies in being able to sign FAs. I disagreed believing FAs will not shun the Phillies. I was quoting the article about the feelings of his teammates. I’m guessing your knee-jerk reaction is due to you not reading the article.
You can continue defending your line that the newspaper article quoting Schwarber and Realmuto is “fact” because it likely is a fact that those two put forth the statements as written but it isn’t the entire truth. It is a half-truth.
Self-preservation usually wins the day when it comes to the public court of approval. Most people avoid putting their foot in the pile of shxt.
You’re running Castellanos down all over this thread in one way or another, albeit in a passive way, and it’s mostly due to your adherence to an agenda. You have no cause to be but you are in line with the procession in doing so.
To say that Castellanos, a career .785 hitter in his age 34 season can be easily replaced by a rookie is bull. To say that his teammates didn’t love him is false. To use an article that puts a pair of guys on the spot on the record to further villianize Castellanos is unfair.
What I wrote has nothing to do with whatever you’re talking about. What I referred to was this:
“Matt Gelb of The Athletic reported after the season ended that Castellanos’ teammates and coaches were “disgusted” by what he’d said.”
That’s from the article these comments are attached to. It’s clear that since you don’t like what’s reported you attack the info.
I’m not running down Castellanos, only citing facts. You can’t use career stats for a guy with a 13 year career. Anybody with half a brain knows any player at the end of a career that long is going to be a different player than when he was young. Are you saying the Phillies are wrong in releasing him?
Over the last 4 seasons he’s posted a .732 OPS. That a long way from your .785. He had an .814 OPS when he came to Philly, which shows the drop off in those 4 years. His defensive liabilities are without refute. And Philly got all of 1.3 bWAR for his 4 years there. That’s undeniably bad. Argue all you want that it isn’t, but most fans know the truth.
Lmao how’s that soap box treating you?
You are spinning like a middle-aged divorcee at Orange Theory.
The Athletic is a trashy rag.
I don’t care to pick you apart line for line like JoeBrady, your tone is clear throughout this thread. You can continue to insist that Matt Gelb’s article is in someway honest when it is nothing but a trashy PR ploy.
Im saying at age 34 Castellanos is a good bet to hit and that a guy who has logged 9000 innings in the majors isnt all that bad in RF regardless of what his DRS reports.
If you want to use his bWAR to define his years as a Philly, it is in a way a factual representation, but it’s not much different then using that trashy article to define him as a teammate and a friend.
Philly fans know the truth.
You can get fed up with someone you love and care about. Those two things are not exclusive of each other.
Jean this is like watching an adult try to use logic with a toddler. Don’t argue with infants.
“Philly fans know the truth.” You’re right, we do. Castellanos was crap. All you had to do was throw your first pitch down and away and you already had him the hole with a 0-1 count. He couldn’t run faster than a catcher. Watching him running to first on a ball hit anywhere in the infield was like watching a grandma running down to first with her walker. Anything hit in the gap in the outfield was a hit unless he made the occasional diving slide with a lucky stretch of his 6’3″ body to try and look like he could play.
I guess the trashy article was also lying that he is from Miami and loves playing there in front of his family too? And Castellanos’ love letter to Middleton, Dombrowski and supposedly to the fans (he cried about in the playoffs about being winds to the face when not playing good) saying he was only benched for having a beer in the dugout is 100% true in that was all that happened that night. If you believe all that, then we all know who is illusional… the true person behind your No ABS in ’27 facade… Castellanos himself or one of his family members.
Good riddance to him, and as a Phillies fan, we are tired of his poor fielding and plate discipline. His numbers may be decent but do not reflect the true value……he never came through in the clutch, just padded the numbers when it didn’t matter…… bad signing four years ago, and the Phils know it
@ayeah, I don’t know Castellanos or his family, Im a White Sox fan, an A’s fan, an Angels fan, an Astros fan, a baseball fan.
That is the only facade that I put on here at MLBTR. I make an honest effort to be thoughtful, insightful, intriguing. I write posts and commentary that stimulate my mind and stoke my heart as a baseball fan. I do my best to keep it on a positive tip. I don’t claim to be entirely innocent of failure, I have biases and opinions too but I do my best to stay out of the muck.
That said, Im retiring from this thread. Ive said what I came to say and arguing with a Fauxillies fan is a waste of time.
To the real Phillies fans out there, a round of Presidentes! Nick Castellanos, MLB All-Star and Phillies legend!
We see you bought into the Myth of Castellanos…. never was the great player, teammate, captain, save his comraides, fall on a grenade kind of guy. There is no excuse for a player whose head falls off and he mouth runs like Castellanos. Surprise of a five year contract signing for $100M when it happened with literally everyone questioning it, especially since Schwarber is a better OF, hitter, and power hit OF than Castellanos was, given neither are acceptable glove OFs. Contract did not age well soon after signing and no one was interested even before the wheels fell off the car last year. Castellanos was never a great ballpayer.
At this point in his career, he will not hit well nor will he be playing RF for any competitive team. He is a DH guy at best and not many teams are looking for one that profiles like an aged-Castellanos. He has a chance to latch on since he going rate is now the MLB minimum. Your bromance with Castellanos is over the top as much as saying all Philly fans love and admire him.
I dont have any sort of “bromance” with the man, I remember him as having a couple of good seasons with the Cubs, a couple with the Reds and I remember how great he was in that Phillies lineup during the playoffs in ’23, I remember how exciting it was when he came up to the plate because he was on fire with the bat. The Phillies were on the doorstep of the World Series.
Every Phillies fan was sharing in Castellanos greatness in those games and in those moments. Every Phillies fan on the planet loved and admired him that October. Heading into ’24, Phillies fans were all behind Nick Castellanos as a great player and as a masher of epic homeruns with hopes that he would have another special season.
If that isnt the truth, then MLB is entirely full of it.
I cant speak to the details of the fall out between Castellanos and the Phillies. The pressure of winning was really intense in Philadelphia, the bad press that resulted from the public outcry over insensitive remarks was insurmountable and it tore the team apart.
Castellanos didnt accept being pigeon-holed and fought abrasively to protect his heart and his truth and I respect that in a man because in this world, there are a lot of forces at play that aim to eradicate and destroy the heart of truth and honor and respectability. On the surface, Castellanos is the bad guy but in a way he is a defender of the truth and the honor of the game.
That’s my opinion based on what I know in my heart and what I believe in. In this time where Nick Castellanos is being remembered for his shortcomings, I feel charged with bringing to light all the good times and the good memories because that is the truth as see it.
Wade, That’s good advice, that I’ll take. I’m done here.
@Philly 6,
Saying free agents will avoid the Phillies because of Castellanos’s disgusting comment/behavior is an interesting take. Care to elaborate?
Matt Gelb of the Athletic had his article ready as soon as Casty was waived. Lots of good detail and terrific sourcing.
In essence, Castellanos was complicated. Terrific in certain ways, and boorish in others. Human, and it was time to go as he crossed the line a few times and when your own teammates have had enough then the only way back is to honor them with a heartfelt mea culpa. And that was a bridge too far for this overly proud, but still decent dude.
Even money he signs with the Marlins.
I rooted for Nick Castellanos from his first at bat as a Phillie to his last, and then it was time to turn the page. He’s a complicated and still somewhat immature guy that wasn’t earning his salary for the majority of his time in Philadelphia. I wish him only well.
He’ll have 10 or so clubs to choose from, with his minimum salary drain. Just a matter of what city, and playoff situation, he wants.
If he doesn’t go to your team, it’s not cuz your GM didn’t look into it.
I’m VERY confident that Mike Elias and the Orioles will not look into it.
I don’t think it will be that many teams but you could be right. He’s not good and reportedly a problem in the clubhouse, I think there’s a 5% chance he never plays at the MLB level again.
I think many would try him. Good chance he doesn’t “stick” anywhere. By years end, he could be in Asia, especially if his attitude continues to be a problem.
I very much doubt there’s that much interest. If there were, other teams wouldn’t have risked losing him, and would have offered a million or 2 in trade.
Name ten clubs that might want him.
Maybe, but I feel like his most likely path will be on a minor league deal. He’ll have to force his way onto a roster. Probably wouldn’t be a bad signing for a team with minimum playoff chances. Could become a valuable insurance policy payout come playoff time.
Bye, Felicia!
Bunch of folks seem to think the Yanks will pick him up.
I think he’s radioactive and his career is over.
If the Yankees want him, no doubt he will sign with them. Best combination of small ballpark and winning team, two things Castellanos wants
Yankees have enough OF already. No need for them to sign a nearly-cooked Castellanos even for the major league minimum.
If he wasn’t on the team last year they don’t want him.
Agree, he seems superfluous to Stanton
That small ballpark in NY really only benefits LHHs It’s not that good for a RH hitting pull hitter.
Could work, they always have at least one faded star that will retire a Yankee.
Philadelphia is now cancer free
AJ Brown just smiled.
Except for their fan base of course.
And, of course, yourself. 😜
They still have Dombrowski and Thomson…
Nick is a bruise.
The cancer is hidden from sight.
He wants to play the field…… He doesn’t think he is that bad in the outfield. Whichever team picks him up better be honest about the situation / expectations for playing time. He became upset at the platoon situation late last year. Perhaps if he is at least guaranteed RF or DH for majority of the games that would work. He was rightfully blocked at DH by Schwarber.
Braves need a DH, Yaz isn’t the hitter Nicky C is
Now THIS is funny. Yaz career wRC+ 111, 2025 wRC+ 106. Castellanos wRC+ 2025 was 88. Yaz is a better hitter than Nicky C and he can also provide above average defensive value. Yaz 2.4 fwar 2025, Castellanos -1.0 fwar 2025. The Braves are also going to rotate 5-6 players at DH this season. Baldwin, Murphy, Yaz, Profar, Acuna. Hard pass on the awfulness of Castellano.
@nashvillejeff
Exactly, unless Nick has a secret talent and can perform as mid tier starting pitcher, he has no value for the braves. I think at one point AA mentioned he doesn’t want a “set and forget” DH as well. I hope Walt Weiss plays matchups better than snitker did.
On an unrelated note, are you going to any sounds games this year, Jeff?
Hope to. I didn’t last year, so I need to catch a couple this summer to make up for that. Going to be traveling to Florida for much of the summer though to visit w/one of my brothers. Have to see about when I’ll be in town.
Good, hope you enjoy yourself brother! I split my time between Nashville and Chattanooga so I usually try to hit a Sounds and Lookouts game every year, I ended up missing the sounds last year, but I made a couple lookouts games.
I grew up in Atlanta. Drove through Chattanooga many times on my way to visiting family in Ga. That stretch of I-24 coming down Monteagle into Chattanooga is brutal during rush hours.
Absolutely, I’ve seen a disturbing amount of 18 wheelers in the runaway lanes going down Monteagle mountain in my many trips going back and forth. That is by far my least favorite part of the trip!
This has Breslow written all over it. Anything to save a dollar.
They could save more money by not signing him.
Apparently you are not familiar with how the Red Sox operate. Spending money on unnecessary things while not paying for needs, is kinda their go to.
You must’ve lived under a rock all winter because that’s simply not true this time around. Go through the roster today and compare it to what they rolled with last year.
This just proves how stupid that contract was from the beginning. 100 million dollars for one reasonably good season, one really good postseason, no championships, and one grossly selfish tantrum.
Don’t let the ball hit you on the way out.
I wonder how far down PHI was willing to pay his contract if he was traded. Not enough obv, but even if they offered to pay $19M of the $20M, no team wanted him enough to pay the difference of league min and $1M. Like $220K? Yeesh, this guy…
All the way apparently and not even a lottery ticket. Teams don’t even want him on a 26-man.
why would any team give anything for him when they know the Phillies absolutely have to release him after saying all off season he would not be back? Just better to wait out them releasing him then sign him afterwards.
The reason teams wouldn’t give up anything is not because they knew he’d be released. No team was willing to give anything because he’s not worth giving up anything for.
Teams that want to move a player can’t keep it a secret. If the Phillies call a few teams and ask if they have interest in Castellanos, word gets around quickly. It just didn’t matter how public DD was.
And if Castellanos had any appeal to teams, they’d be willing to give a lottery ticket to insure they’d get him, no matter how common the knowledge was that he’d be released. Once he’s released there’s no guarantee a team can get him. A lot of guys, on the verge of being released, do get traded so a team is guaranteed of acquiring him.
Come back to Chicago. We loved you here!
That was seven seasons ago, the guy has regressed immensely. I would rather give a young prospect playing time instead of a player that has declined.
I would guess he’s headed to the Rocky Mountains.
That’s too much outfield for him. He might not ever find a ball to drop.
He might pull a Dante Bichette out there and become the least valuable 40 HR hitter in baseball though!
No thanks.
Can see Padres getting him for Platoons/Bench
With a first year skipper trying to deal with him I don’t know.
Pseudo Santander replacement in Toronto!!!
Let Anthony get healthy so THAT whole contract doesn’t die a similar death.
Dombrowski looked like a fool as this story played out. What kind of incompetent totally devalues an asset (a player under contract) by saying it was his goal to dump him?
I hope Dave enjoys what is shaping up to be his final year as Philadelphia’s baseball CEO.
Probably the kind who shopped Castellanos extensively at the deadline and found zero interest. Castellanos had multiple public spats with the organization and has been a replacement-level player throughout his time in Philadelphia.
If Dombrowski deserves criticism, it’s for signing him in the first place — a move that always looked weird after they’d already signed Schwarber.
Add Walker and Nola to your list.
You do realize that Dombrowski is a sure Hall of Famer, right? Every team can look back and say they shouldn’t have signed someone..
@Jackson Bobbin,
I’m hoping Aaron Nola bounces back to his usual self this season to make your point only partially valid.
ctyank7 is here! The one person who didn’t know Castellanos was gone one way or the other. Welcome. Honor to have you here with us.
Bart Harley Jarvis unless Nola suddenly gets the ability to keep the ball in the park and adds 3 or 4 miles to his fastball , my point will stay valid.
@Jackson Bobbin,
So, we both want him to pitch the way he’s pitched in 8 of his previous 9 seasons. I’m good with that.
Dave Dombrowski is a Hall of Famer for his body of work through 2022. The last three years, not so much.
LOL..using your logic, let’s just eliminate player’s and management’s worst years…bet you more people would be Hall of Famers. And many teams would love to have the last three years of Phillies results and upcoming players.
When I see public spats between a player and an organization, I’m not sure my thoughts are to hold the adult in an executive position as the one who deserves less criticism. One would think the high ranking exec would be capable of taking the high road.
If Dombrowski had already shopped Castellanos extensively and found zero interest, then said publicly they didn’t intend to go forward with him on the team but held onto him all offseason, it creates a perception of Dombrowski acting every bit like the petty child Castellanos had been. It seems spiteful to say the relationship is over but not release him from his contract so that he can move on and find the right situation for himself. From a labor relations perspective, I’d think at least a few eyebrows might be raised over Dombrowski’s handling of the situation on player and agent’s side of things. Is there a good business case for having held Castellanos hostage all offseason?
I’m not a Phillies fan, but from a fan confidence perspective, I accept and even expect players to be emotionally driven. But when the highest decision maker seems to be motivated by emotions, it would make me uneasy.
@KamKid,
“… Dombrowski acting every bit like the petty child…”
You’re funny.
DD is a lot of things
– as solid a bet for HOF as an exec as you can get.
– a straight-shooter who doesnt tiptoe around
– aggressive in the offseasons, he knows what he wants, he goes right out and gets it
– typically very good at separating out wheat from chaff prospect-wise when making deals.
He’s won WS with both MIA and BOS, while building DET and PHI into perennial contenders during his time there.
If he has a fault, its spending ownership money aggressively, or, his loyalty to players that have been good for the club. As a fan, im ok with that. They charge me enough to watch a game I hope DD picks their pockets to get players, and, keep fan favorites in town.
You read his press clippings. Nobody has done less with a plus 300 million dollar payroll than dombrowski.
Jackson –
He’s the *only* GM to take not only three different franchises to the world series, but *four*… runner up would only have done it twice.
He was responsible for the fastest expansion team in MLB history to win a world series in Miami.
He won the league pennant in 1997, 2006, 2012, 2018, 2022.
He’s proven to be able to build winners, and, get into contention fast. Hate if you want to hate, but he’s certainly in the conversation among who has been the greatest GM/POBO of all time.
Dombrowski has FORGOT more baseball than clowns like you ever knew. He’s going to the hall of fame!
And the Phillies rotation is a MAJOR question mark.
Wow Jackson! You are on a roll. 4 dumb comments, lol. What other cluelessness do you have to share??
If you believe losing Suarez doesn’t weaken this rotation you are foolish. If you believe painter replaces Suarez you are a fool. Thinking Wheeler will bounce right back and dominant is foolhardy and if you actually are stupid enough to buy Walker and Nola as your 3 and 4 or 4 and 3 you are smoking to much.
He also throws prospects around like singles at a stag party.
Which he hasn’t done with the Phillies, but don’t let that fact get in the way of the point you’re trying to make.
Actually bart, if you re-read what I wrote…
That 2022? The one you overlooked?
That was Dombrowski ending a 10 year playoff drought and putting together roster that won the NL pennant for the Phillies.
But dont let the facts get away of your hate.
End of the day, the players need to execute, and the manager needs to manage, but as a pobo/gm head, he gave them the ingredients they needed to get to the WS and chance to win.
@GASoxFan,
I was actually responding to @crise in defense of your argument. My comments were, as per usual, completely without hate of any kind.
But if it’s a blood feud you want, then it’s a blood feud you got!😜
@Bart Well his does spend his prospects on vets. he always has. I grabbed the 2022 without thinking about it, and the Phils 2022 preseason top prospect list shows Abel, O’Hoppe, Crouse, McGarry and Vierling traded from the top ten, and from the next ten he traded Erik Miller, Casey Martin, Hao-Yu Lee and James McArthur. There are still six listed as in the PHI org from that top 20 list, and at least five out of baseball. Pick another year if you want, but it’s how he builds teams on the cusp of winning.
If your stag party includes the likes of Mick Abel, Logan O’Hoppe, Hans Crouse (released 2023), Griff McGarry (Rule5), Matt Vierling, Erik Miller, Casey Martin, Hao-Yu Lee , and James McArthur; well I wish you luck.
DD has not emptied the Phillies organization of its top prospects, and just mentioning the list in the previous paragraph proves my point.
Bart: although ive got cousins in TN, id prefer to avoid a hatsfields and McCoys of MLBTR 😉
(For the record, id want to be Devil Anse)
But, my apologies for mistaking the direction of your comment. I got the notification from the board software claiming it was directed at my defense of DD. Which, if you haven’t been able to tell, is a hill id choose to make my last stand on. I cant believe henry let him go over wanting to tank a team that just won a WS and most games in history…. so… ive got a soft, if not overzealous, spot for defending DD against those who try to chop down his legacy.
Hope that makes sense. (Its also why I try, and sometimes forget, to put a name at the start of the replies) what say you, bury the hatchet over a jug o shine?
@GASoxFan,
I completely understand with regard to mistaking the direction of comments. I’ve been on both ends of it. We are all good, especially when it comes to our mutual appreciation of DD’s work.
Shucks, man. He’a not an asset by any stretch and 29 other teams agree.
He would do well in Arizona especially that we need an OF
You know you are a real turd when the most arrogant team in the league doesn’t want you
Scapegoat.
He’ll play somewhere, and he’s getting paid along with his 10 years +. DD drafted him, and now has released him, the full circle.
Future Rockies starting 2B, Nick Castellanos.
This would make a lot of sense for the Guardians, who need impact hitting and don’t want to spend money, they’d be ignorant to not at least reach out. Otherwise, maybe the Rockies should get him for cheap and just let him have fun in the thinner air as the DH.
Future Pirate 3b
SS. Triolo better at 3b.
Leave minimum for 70-80 RBIs from a now humbled guy? No risk, release him if he’s a pain, little cost, it’s on the Phils!
I think Toronto just found a Santander replacement.
Phillies hurt themselves here, why talk about it all offseason if you hoped for a trade
They knew they weren’t gonna trade him.
Too many people knew what was up: he wasn’t quiet, some of it was straight up in public, and hundreds of people have heard about the internet and can see his stats.
DD could have not said anything, and it wouldn’t have made any kind of difference. The other teams know who Castellanos is. None were going to be fooled by DD keeping mum on his wish to move him.
… as there’s a drive into deep left field by Castellanos, it will be a home run, and so that’ll make it a 4–0 ballgame.
Castellanos is giving off Pirates vibes. They’re trying to scrap together an offense for this year, so I feel they would take a flyer, although that would pretty much guarantee no return for Cutch.
Realistically though, I think Castellanos will be signed after a contender has a significant OF or DH injury.
I believe signing Ozuna and Cutch social media performance made a Cutch return unlikely. Appears by him hardly playing outfield they don’t want him in outfield. But hey if they believe he can kick Suwinski out and bring Cutch back.
Mendoza will love your comment. Well the first paragraph at least.
Mendoza liked Castellanos because he was very cheap and better than Cutch as DH.
Keep up.
Once they got Ozuna,my guy,not yours,they have no need for any other DH types.
Nick cannot really play the OF any more,but did come up as a 3rd
baseman.
My guess though is that he would be bad there and evidently did not like playing there.
I think that some team needing a DH will sign him for the minimum.
That is the true historical perspective.
“my guy,not yours” yeah a guy who drives drunk and chokes women is definitely not my guy. Still prefer him over crying cutch or any other dh that was available.
The Eye Test and Defensive Metrics are in perfect harmony regarding this player.
This reader respectfully supports his going overseas to DH – and perhaps hit only on the comely fans who are not sitting with their dear dads.
I predict Tigers
He burnt that bridge when they traded him.
He’s going to a contender. Cincy reunion makes sense in so many ways
If it takes even 1 PA from Sal Stewart… hard no.
I am proud to announce that Cincy’s formerly anemic offense can in no way be upgraded by a Castellanos reunion.
The beauty here is that Sal Stewart is the player the Reds selected with the Comp pick they received for Nick Castellanos, when he rejected a QO and signed with the Phillies.
I like it. Full circle like Cutch Reynolds.
I thought he was a decent player, not a release player (especially at that price). Did he regress or something? As a Braves fan, the Phillies are one of my least favorite teams. But a straight-out release at that cost?
Texas!!!!!!
Righty DH option for BOS?
No.
While most are wondering which team will sign him, I am wondering if any team will.
This feels like the more accurate question. I do think someone will sign him, but I imagine the field of teams with interest is fairly narrow, even at league minimum or as an NRI.
Maybe a minor league deal with a camp invite
Might end up in Miami or Tampa. He’s a Florida guy and I think he lives there in the off-season.
Marlins already putting out to their beat writers that they have zero interest.
Hahahaha!
He had no more lives to ruin
People forget he pulled ths same thing in Cincinnati during Covid when he was taken out of a game for a defensive replacement by David Bell. Although in that situation he handled it better but video caught him doing post game outfielders drills which is unheard of.
Stanton is next please send him packing. I guess he’ll be injured half the season anyway.
Stanton is a huge injury concern and is limited to DH… but his 158 OPS+ in 2025 was VERY good.
Rendon and his $38M still left says hi.
Kris Bryant can be added to that list.
Bobby Bonilla and Ohtani in a few years!
I thought maybe he’d make a great lefty killer platoon DH for someone, but he has sucked equally vs right and left handed pitchers.
Off to Detroit to join Verlander.
Then add Scherzer.
Bring back JD Martinez.
It’s 2014 all over again!
They couldn’t have done this earlier in the offseason to give him more of a chance to stick somewhere?
I clearly don’t all the details that some people I guess do, but it sure feels like this could have been handled better.
You don’t think DD hasn’t been trying to move him since Halloween? Nick does not sound surprised at this, as illustrated by his contrite tone, so I bet there’s a non-zero chance his agent was given permission to call around and came up empty too.
Why?
Why? They’re paying him $20M not to play for them (or $20M – the prorated league minimum). DD was trying to find a taker in trade to save the Phillies a million or 2. I don’t think they should be expected to do him any favors.
Jean-Exactly. They owe him nothing.
I would say for my team to take a flyer on him as the RH side split at DH, but looking at the numbers (at least from last year) he isn’t great against lefties. He’ll land somewhere if he wants to play, but really limited to what he can do at this point.
Surprised it took so long.
No one finds it interesting that he was instructed not to discuss his comments after the game in question.
Perhaps something was said to him as well?
Something in the media like that would have dogged the team the rest of the season.
Such a poor player and teammate they are paying him $20M to go away. I wouldn’t be surprised if he is released more than once in 2026.
Totally expected because the guy can’t hit. He can’t field. He can’t throw. He can’t run. The only thing that blows me away is that a team didn’t want him for just $5 million. I thought they would at least get that but now you can see how the rest of baseball looks at him. He’ll end up somewhere as a part-time DH.
Career OPS of .785, 23% K rate.
Great hitter.
Good RF too, have to have some comic relief from time to time. Its baseball.
Great player, great teammate. Age 34 season, Padres should scoop him up and deal Laureano for a SP.
You really want the Padres to just suck huh?
Oh wow that hand written letter was just released an hour ago from Nick
Mets might need a backup right fielder in case Benge doesn’t work out ? Or a DH ?
Please no
makes more doing nothing this year then most people make in a life time
they need to figure out a better way you can just suck or give up go home and keep the money it’s crazy and the fans pay for it
Bye bye!
Phillies should pay him in pennies. Two billion of ‘em.
Weren’t the Cardinals looking for an outfield bat?
Bradthoc: He’s neither.
Word around the Jimmy Pop is that Castellanos said his favorite tv show growing up was Barney, which pissed off Rob Thomson, on account Thomson’s favorite tv show was The Queens Messenger from 1928 (Rob Thomson was born in 1858).
The team kept the beer in the dugout on the down low really well. He is a weird, abrasive dude that took his ability for granted.
Legend
Any player that is a big cancer in the clubhouse wouldn’t have a shot if it weren’t for the MLB minimum to whoever he ends up with. That fact will most likely having him finding a team soon. For the Phils to release him and still have to pay 20 mil. says plenty about Castellanos. Seems like insubordination. Trying to throw your manager under the bus, bringing a beer into the dugout during a game and crass behavior: Good luck to any team that signs him because someone with his attitude just doesn’t change overnight. Can’t think of a manager that would be too excited bringing him in. Maybe Cora would though. And the price is right.
Please tell me that Craig Breslow is on vacation in the Caribbean without his phone, or access to email……
He tried.
Sign him Red Sox! That’s our power hitter!
Where does he play?
DH and/or hide him at 1B. I know, it’s hard too…
DH
Masataka Yoshida. Wilson Contereas for 1B.
No.
rockies could be fun, maybe the A’s
bagballz: I imagine it’s sarcasm but can you see Castellanos in the spacious outfield in Coors?
no but I can see him DHing
REDS !!!!!!!!!!
After reading the athletic hit piece he didn’t really do anything that bad…
Headed cross state to the Pirates?
See you, loser…
I’m saying Cleveland, but he may not stick for the full season.
I doubt Cleveland. I don’t see him signing where there is only a part time role available to him. I am also not sure that they would risk his attitude.
Castellanos isn’t an everyday player anywhere. There is no risk about his attitude, at the league minimum salary. If he pops off, you cut him, and his career is probably over.
The White Sox tend to like guys with his attitude.
No thank you. He can’t field and he can’t hit. I’d rather see the reclamation projects like Kelenic get a shot then Castellanos.
Some team will take a chance on him especially if they have to only pay the estimated ML minimum $750,000 and the Phillies paying the rest of the 20mil. There are always some injuries during Spring Training.
Some team will take a flyer on him….$2 million vet minimum is easily absorbed by some teams…I see maybe the Rockies, ChiSox, Nationals
He strikes out more than a balding fat dude at a Singles Bar.
Makes sense he’d strikeout at the singles bar since his strength has usually been doubles.
Talking from experience?
Back to the Tigers…..
Fly-on-the-wall …What the hell did he say? Management says “Don’t share it.” and nobody who heard it does? This smells of a well-paid ostracism.
If it is, he’s joining Bauer ….
🤣🤣🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Chicago Cubs!
Welcome to the Rockies, Nick.
No! Our ballpark is called Coors Field, not Coors Dugout.
DD couldn’t get a team to take Castellanos and $18 million for a stale pouch of Big League Chew…
red sox should bring him in.
No.
G O O D
R I D D A N C E
Clubhouse cancer with a severely deteriorated skill set in his late 30”s? Sounds like mana from heaven for AJ Preller!!
Marlins or White Sox..
Go get him, Reds.
And I don’t want to hear “he’s not a fit.” He’s a legit MLB player who will be playing on the vet minimum. We can definitely find room for him.
Also, he was a fan favorite with the Reds during his two seasons in Cincy (2020-21) including his best season as a Big Leaguer in ’21.
He is no longer a legit MLB player. Teams can get equal production, and better defensive by calling up a prospect. Not sure he’s worth a 40-man roster spot, so I could see him signing a MiL deal though.
Thank gawd! Maybe the endless questions concerning this guy will slow down and stop. I have understood why Dombrowski gave him that kind of money. Almost as baffling:1.Why the endless questions concerning him on M
MLBTR questions that show up in chats. 2. Why MLBTR chat moderators answered so many? I mean this is a player who few will remember in even five years.
Who?
LMAO!
Who would you rather have at the league minimum? Nick or Trevor Bauer?
Ohh tough one.
TB but I’m fully admitting I might be biased just having lived through the Castellanos experience.
But jfc that’s a lose lose
I don’t want to answer because either way someone will dig it up and use it to get me fired or something!
Detroit should try him at 3B or DH.
If Marcel Ozuna has a job then Casty should be playing too.
Pass. His exit from Detroit was less than amicable. He was horrible at 3B. only really a RF/DH and the Tigers have enough of that. But someone will give him an opportunity.
What? Over the last seasons Ozuna has a 138 OPS+ with a 113 last season. Castellanos has a 102 OPS+ over the last 3, with an 88 last season. No one would play Castellanos over Ozuna.
Likely on the downside of his career. But with his past success and available for the league minimum, someone will take a chance on him.
So glad he’s gone.
Apparently he couldn’t stop his fratboy lifestyle either. Bringing beer in the dugout during a game isn’t a great look.
Got Kansas City written all over it. For the minimum they will take a shot.
Phillies are going to miss Castellanos. Firey player, great hitter.
You get the feeling he is being blackballed and that is too bad because I like Castellanos as a ball player. I think he is a great clubhouse guy and that beer on the bench, that is balls.
Harper, Realmuto, Schwarber and Castellanos were great together, it took a bad turn, and Castellanos took the fall for all those guys.
Everybody talks about his defense more than the back-to-back two-homer games he put on the Braves to advance the Phillies into the NLCS in ’23. Castellanos was a big part of that team and everybody wants to rag on him now because its inline with the politics.
The guy hits, he wants to play defense, you find him a spot in RF. He is a leader and a captain.
If he doesnt get a contract, its a sad situation, because all he did was play his tail off for his team.
If you put blame on Castellanos, put it on Harper and all the guys on that team too. Casty wouldnt want it that way, but thats the truth.
I disagree on pretty much every level with everything you just wrote.
That’s fair, your disagreement is duly noted as is your failure to put forth any real effort.
He’s sorta the Nick Castellanos of the comment section.
Vegas-Now that is a comment I can get behind. Anyone got a beer?
@ WadeBoggsWildRide………..agree 100%, good riddance
What a bunch of rambling nonsense. Grow up
I Like Big Bunts is telling me to grow up? You know who rambles? Sir Mix a Lot.
You perjured yourself on this one.
Get sprung phony.
Hits? What were you watching last 2 seasons. The guy couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn. He wasn’t even a league average hitter and his defense was atrocious.
BTW, yes I know you’re trolling. ;P
Let’s see – terrible on defense, cant’ run, a clubhouse cancer , and his hitting has tanked for years. Why would any team think about him for more than 2 seconds?
How about a poll on where Casty signs?
The Royals should grab him. He’s better than the
AAAA outfielders they have on the big club now. I’m sure they’d love an “average” outfielder…..
Tigers should sign him to minor league deal with invite to spring training. They need right handed hitters, and if he doesn’t work out it’s not going to cost anything
I for one am going to miss Nick Castellanos who, despite what all the experts on this and other websites are saying, did the best he could in Philly and can be proud of what he accomplished.
Good luck, Mr. Castellanos. I hope to see you playing again soon, and hopefully for a team where every player gets treated the same, and where they give a player of your experience, talent, and pride the love and respect he deserves.
As I’ve written many times, the Phillies will never win a championship with Thomson managing, Schwarber monopolizing the DH position, or Harper wearing the uniform. I hope a better fate awaits Nick Castellanos on a more appreciative team.
Completely agree on Thomson, worst in game manager in baseball. Can’t handle a pitcher staff.
Wow! Congratulations, another one! So name all the managers who handle a “pitcher ataff” so much better. What teams had a starting rotation of pitchers all with an ERA under 2.50, because the managers took the pitcher out at the exact right time before he gives up more runs? What teams have bullpens full of relievers with no losses and no blown saves because the managers handle it perfectly every game every time?
Lol. Your last paragraph is totally hilarious. As if any of those 3 things is an issue……
Now JT can`t run him done on the bases again…..That`s all I will remember of Nick the dcki
He’s proven time and again he’s simply a weird dude. Not in some terrible way but yes simply a weird dude. People don’t wanna play with weird dudes.
Grienke was weird. Castellanos just seems like a tool. Bauer was weird in that creepy way.
Pirates can use another DH
Rockies
Regardless of a drop in statistics and his issues with Thompson and upper management am trying to suck down a El Presidente in the dugout Nick will be available for the league minimum….there will be a lot of teams in line. If it was for the 20 mill there would be none
Maybe 5 teams would take him. Big maybe.
Take your bad attitude on down the road, Nick.
Phillies fans won’t blame you for another 20 mil added onto their already inflated ticket prices
Pirates at minimum seems like a fit. Doesn’t mean he will stay on the team but low risk medium reward. Not a huge fan of it with with the lack of higher end options maybe worth a shot even if it is short lived
Pirates have no room now as he could only DH.
Very few liked Castellanos in Philly. He was a huge disappointment and a choke artist. I remember his first year mouthing off at a beat reporter. He’s a jackass and also a really weird dude. Peace out.
I have a sneaking suspicon he’ll try to make his way to one of the Florida teams (probably Rays since they might have a spot open), or Atlanta or one of the Texas teams. He’ll try, but I’m not sure if any will bite.
When Nick was a free agent, prior to him signing with the Phillies, he was waiting for his hometown Marlins to make an offer, but that didn’t happen…which was part of the Jeter and Sherman public explosion – Jeter wanting Nick, but Sherman not wanting to pay the tab. Of course we did much better when we signed Avi Garcia. And we went totally into some high level thinking when we also added Jorge Soler and decided to move Jesus Sanchez to CF. And blew the money that Sherman was willing to pay out that was expected to be designated to sign a Closer, but the thinking of our GM at the time was that Anthony Bass and the cast of bullpen characters could handle high leverage moments. Good times! Good times!
Nick, I hope you find a role somewhere. If not, at least you’ll be unemployed in the South Florida sun. Getting paid $20 million to relax on your yacht off the coast of South Beach is not a bad gig.
At least he missed the times when an iguana could fall on his head.
@Banned: Atlanta? Ridiculous. Got any reason for saying that other than your hatred for a rival that owns your ragged franchise? Tell us how he fits and why the Braves would have any interest in him.
What? Hatred for a rival for that owns my team? Not sure where this comes from. It’s a moot point now, but my reasoning was because Castellanos has wanted to play for his hometown team here, but it hasn’t worked out – last time because of whatever was going on internally with the team between Jeter and Sherman, and this time because he isn’t a fit. So, I was looking at regional teams that guys from Florida tend to view as other options, such as the Texas teams and Atlanta.
Couldn’t you figure that out on your own before you felt the need to come up with a narrative that made sense only to you?
Now that it’s moot, there is a couple of things that can even be viewed in his signing with the Padres. 1) The teams in the region were very likely uninterested (which the Marlins stated, and you pointed out the Braves). 2) He went to San Diego where his childhood friend plays – Manny Machado.
Cardinals
One player the blue jays won’t be linked to.
Why not Mets sign him then put together a package with mark vi and get skabul
That would actually be pretty funny. Only Phillies home games though.
After college basketball ends. We enter dead sports period until late August
If the Red Sox have an injury and they need a bat and Castellanos can be signed for the league minimum with clauses stating he can’t be a dugout problem, he has to have a good attitude and he can’t argue with coaches or the manager. Obviously worded in contract talk then maybe sign him.
PADRES!!
Dh platoon with Gavin Sheets. Come on madres let’s go. We relish clubhouse cancers
The Phils could have used him. The outfield is a murky mess going into Spring and it looks to be a big weakness yet again.
The fact that they are willing to eat the money with all the question marks they have speaks volumes to his clubhouse presence.
That said….I do thank him for some memorable moments in the playoffs and wish him well…..A part of me hopes this comes back to haunt the team. Casty carries boulders on his shoulders..his biggest weakness…and his biggest motivation.
If he somehow gets a chance at the right time and place,in a big spot, to knock the Phillies out of the playoffs, I think I would have to give him a nod…poetic justice..
You might have been a bit a black sheep…but you were our black sheep. Good luck Casty…
Our outfield will be fine. Crawford is a great fielder and while he may not have a high Batting Average, Adolis Garcia has pop AND his a fantastic defender. Defense was our biggest issue last year in terms of the outfield and that has been covered.
Not sure how Crawford will fare in center, but hopefully his recent work with Eric Davis will help.
People saying he should join the Mets have no idea what they’re talking about. Juan Soto was the second worst defensive RF in baseball. The worst was Castellanos. You cannot ever put them in an OF together. As a DH only player the Mets already have Vientos, who also should almost never play the field. You can’t have 2 DH only bench players on the roster. Castellanos is such a headache and has fallen off so bad offensively I wouldn’t be surprised if nobody picks him up.
I’d welcome him on the Mariners. Vet with power from the right side . Can dh play 3rd or right. Also league minimum fits the Mariners budget
Well, the Rays sure seem to like to collect outfielders. Why not get another one?
I don’t know if I’m going to be putting on this headset again
Maybe the Dodgers can sign him. They sign everyone else, why not him?
Phillies couldn’t give this clown away. No team was willing to pay even a dime of his salary to get him so why pay the minimum MLB salary?? Better to roster a green ‘eager beaver’ kid than this clubhouse cancer who’s lost the only tool he had…hit! He’s done ..
When asked why he signed two DHs in Schwarber and Castellanos forcing one to play the field Dombrowski nodded his head yes looking slightly like Owen Wilson and was quoted saying “Chicks Dig The Longball”
The moment CLE has been waiting for.
Ozuna “from the Braves” and Nicky Two Bags. Gracious that they endorsed El Presidente during their trials and tribulations.
Castellanos does seem to have made himself a little radioactive. It’s interesting he’s skipped the usual (insincere) apology moment, and even more so that neither the team nor his agent has either tried suggesting it or convinced him to do it. He may be convinced that someone will pick him up, regardless, or the worst thing that can happen is that he’ll stay home and get paid. The latter seems strange—most athletes want to compete.
He’s a great clubhouse guy. Always has cold beer in the locker.
Couldn’t happen to a better team. I hope nobody claims him and that the Phillies will have to eat all $20 million of his salary. Might teach them a lesson about spending money frivously.
Nick, you’re a baseball player. It’s not like you’re saving lives or building tall buildings or designing rockets to the moon. You’re just a baseball player.
Wouldn’t be surprised if the owners agreed behind the scenes to blackball him.
Can’t see a real contender, taking the risk.
No TY from the Redsox. We just got rid of a toxic man baby
Nick and Tommy Pham to Colorado. Give’em a case of Presidente and some weed and let the chaos reign in the Mile High City outfield.
Given that he’s only getting the vet min, I could see CLE getting him to have as a RH bat to complement Kayfus, Valera, and DeLauter. Obviously, at this point, he’s mostly a designated hitter, but he’d still get a few innings in the outfield in his scenario. I know Cleveland values defense a lot, though, but do they value it more than cheap players? I just wonder how many teams are going to be scared off by the Miami incident that he wrote about. Probably a large number.
I could see this leading them to slow play Fry’s return and then cut bait with Nick once Fry is 100%.
I wouldn’t want him on my team.
Sit at home, and take some anger management courses. Him and Tommy “Tough Knuckles” Pham.”
Castellanos is a name, as opposed to a productive player, and has been for a while now.
First, he can’t play in the field. He may be able to stand in the field, but he cant play defense. So, playing him in the field makes a team worse.
Over the last four seasons, he has been exactly league average at the plate. In only two of those seasons did he hit lefties well.
On top of all this, there is the incident last year. If it was a one off, maybe teams will overlook it. But if…thru the grapevine…there is a known trail of even minor grumbling…many (most) teams won’t touch him. It is significant that his teammates were upset with him last year.
As a total package, Castellanos is strictly a DH, with very little value vs RH pitching, iffy value vs LH pitching, and a cloud hanging over him. Many GMs will view him as a negative, even for free.
In some ways, Castellanos is a Yasiel Puig. Its not out of the question that he ends up in Mexico.
I don’t know why, but he just seems like a reunion candidate with The Cincinnati Reds. The hitter friendly home park, familiarity with the team, and most importantly for the penny pinching Reds a league minimum veteran contract.
Yankees will sign him for the minimum.
I think his numbers go up to 20/85 .260 this year if he is signed. It would have to be a team that doesn’t have a strong DH or RF position, if so, he’s their guy, as he’s not a terrible hitter, and he can DH most of the time and fill in at RF in blowouts and games they’re surely going to lose against an ace to give their regular RF a break… otherwise, I think he’ll retire.
This is a failure of Phillies Org on many levels: Coaches, Managers, Front Office, Broadcadting & players
Castellanos became scapegoat for Phillies higher paid, higher, profile stars (not Schwarber) NOT PRODUCING AT CRUCIAL TIMES in the playoffs and World Series.
In Philly, where they booed Santa Claus, it is not surprising.
Philly Media, fans even team announcers, at times, would dog Castellanos about his defense?!
Castellanos made Phillies season saving clutch plays on both offense and defense in muliple pennant races and playoffs series.
Yet all we ever hear from the stats freaks is that Castellanos is a bum and makes too much money?!
Phillies played Castellanos “out of position,”.He could have played the less demanding Defensive position of LF. OR ROTATED IN LF, DH, 1B. Last season, the Phillies had what? 3 CFs and they usedcL them
in CF and the less demanding position of LF?! But not RF?!
Phillies coaching and management failed this player.
He skipped college and went right into the MLB draft.
Maybe, he was not as mature as some of his teammates who went to college.
Maybe, if the team had worked with him, communicated with him,had his back with the press and fans, then this situation would not have lead to a public meltdown with the Manager
I blame the Tigers and the Phillies for not properly developing this player @ LF, 1B, DH and working with this player on maturity/ emotional imtelligence issues which may have lead to Castellanos’s meltdown.
Castellanos shares the blame also.
Change of scenery candidate.
And NOT WORKING with this player on maturity/ emotional intelligence issues.
@SportsFan0000,
This information would’ve been helpful when he arrived in Philadelphia, and not after he’s departed. As a result, it’s quite possible that you share some of the blame for the gross mismanagement of Nicholas Castellanos’s talent, psyche, and career.
I think Casti is a better batter then Adolis Garcia
Red Sox, white Sox, orioles, nats, rays, royals, etc. he’s going to get a job.
Not at $20 million this year. Phils would have to eat a major portion of his salary.
Rob Thomson is such a piece of crap. I blame Casty for his poor play can blame Phillies for letting it go on and play him all 162 for 3-4 awful years.Lets bring back Odubel bc outside of Marsh hes the last good OF we’ve had. Way to go Dumbro a true HOFer haha if you think so. I gotta remind people despite what he thinks Johnny Mids still is the owner. Love him as a fan dont love the multiple GMs or manager. Hopefully Mattingly takes over sooner than later!
I agree on most of what you said.
But Odubel being the last good OF? Maybe last “good comedy show.” Having visions of his face plant into the warning track catching the fly ball in Hamels no-hitter in Chicago. Stepping out of the batter’s box to take some more practice swings while a pitch is thrown. Then apologizing to the pitcher, his bad chest tap. Swinging so hard at pitches where his helmet flies off his head and he falls to the ground. Yup! Those were the good times with Odubel playing.
$143.9 lifetime earnings for a lifetime WAR of 13.2?? He should be on his hands and knees instead of acting like a spoiled child.
There shouldn’t be a comma before “too.”
FYI, no company proofreads their articles anymore. I can’t tell you how many articles I read with typos.