He's cost controlled and Cuban, so we could probably send him along with a highlight reel of Mike Lowell's 2007 heroics for Stanton.mauidano said:
Maybe throw in Weeks as a journeyman AAA-depth lottery ticket to sweeten the pot.
Sox sign Rusney Castillo to 7-year/$72.5M deal (2014-2020)
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Maybe throw in Weeks as a journeyman AAA-depth lottery ticket to sweeten the pot.
mabrowndog said:
I've been doing a study lately and I think I've stumbled onto something incredible. Players from Cuba who have signed with Jay-Z's firm, who have spent more than a solid year out of live game action before joining the Boston Red Sox are a bit of a small sample, but I think there's some valuable information in the noise. Mainly, their first at bat of their first game can be extrapolated over a 162 game season for purposes of projecting their first full seasons, so long as we regress things a bit to account for the inherent instability of the sample. This means we can take his 1.000 batting average in that sample, regress it to 1.000 and project a batting average of 1.000 for the 2015 season.
Because neuroscience.
4 PA today (G 5-3, BB, G 6-4, F9) in the GCL title game (which the youngsters won 8-1 over the MFY). His flyout ended the t-5th, stranding runners on 1st & 2nd.
As for what's next:
@ScottLauber Rusney Castillo will play Wednesday for Portland in G1 of Eastern League playoffs
FWIW, the first two games of the series are at Binghamton NY.
As for what's next:
@ScottLauber Rusney Castillo will play Wednesday for Portland in G1 of Eastern League playoffs
FWIW, the first two games of the series are at Binghamton NY.
I heard them say he's going to play 5 innings again. WTF is it with this 5 innings crap? He's NOT a pitcher, he's as healthy as a horse, let the guy play.mabrowndog said:
That doesn't mean there's a real good reason for it other than they're trying to look at and give time to at a LOT of players in Spring training. I mean this is baseball not Soccer or Football. We're not talking about a huge amount of exertion here. Pitchers and catchers I can see but the other position players - just play.rembrat said:
You're right. All of baseball is wrong, because they ALL do it. I'm guessing they have their reasons.strek1 said:
I'm kind of worried that Rusney is going to get Stephen Drew'd and by that I mean he's going to get thrown into games in September and not be ready at all. If Drew and Kendrys Morales were nowhere near being ready, I would guess that Rusney won't be ready to see major league pitching after playing in 5 or 6 minor league playoff games. Seems like a recipe to get him off to a bad start and mess with his confidence. I personally would cite Drew and Morales and say we don't think it's fair to throw him into the major league fire when he's not properly prepared unless you think him being overmatched but seeing major league pitching will help him out in the future.
I still think there's a chance he barely plays when he's up. But that's just a guess. I would let him be with the team after the AA playoffs and train, work out and hang out with the guys but I don't think I'd play him. I wouldn't be surprised if the Sox re-evaluate things next week and come to the same conclusion.
Did anyone see him play in the GCL playoffs?
Yeah, they just committed $72.5 million to a guy who hasn't played competitively in over a year, let's just have him go flat out in games right off the bat. Makes a ton of sense. Strek1, I commend you for your insight and judgment. Huzzah! Huzzah!
Hee Sox Choi said:
Drew and Morales didn't get hurt. They sucked, which hurt the teams they played for. I doubt their respective confidences aren't injured either. Just their immediate eearning capacity.
OTOH--It does not matter at all if Castillo sucks. It matters more that he gets a taste of -- however brief -- at American baseball, major league style, if possible. As for his confidence , I will give him the benefit of the doubt as to his confidence remaining intact if he sucks for 3 weeks after not having played for a year. He's got a built in excuse, should he need one.
(And while I tend to think that someone who has to ESCAPE his native country probably isn't lacking for confidence,I also am basing that on no actual evidence.)
I would expect that he won't play the day after he arrives from Portland. I also expect that he will not just sit on the bench as a spectator after that. Other than catastrophic injury, I see no downside at all to him playing a few meaningless (in the standings) games.
I think we should stop pretending we know something about whats inside this guy's head.
ehaz said:
Exactly .. ST is six weeks long to get pitchers stretched out .. three weeks tops to just get the rest of the MLB team ready. The rest of the time is to get a look at the rest of the 40 man roster + invites
Castillo led off tonight's game for the Sea Dogs with a line-out to 2B, then led off the t-4th with an F9.
In the t-6th he singled on a soft roller to 3B, took 2B on a bunt, stole 3rd, and scored on a Keury De La Cruz single for his first US professional run. David Chester added a 3-run jack later that inning, and Portland now leads Game 1, 5-1.
In the t-6th he singled on a soft roller to 3B, took 2B on a bunt, stole 3rd, and scored on a Keury De La Cruz single for his first US professional run. David Chester added a 3-run jack later that inning, and Portland now leads Game 1, 5-1.
EDIT - Scratch that. Mike just corrected himself; It was Shannon Wilkerson, who'd switched over from RF to CF to start the b-6th. Castillo done after 5.5 innings tonight.
0-for-3 last night in the Sea Dogs' 14-5 playoff loss. Game 5 starts in about 10 minutes, and he'll be in the lineup.
After that?
Scott Lauber @ScottLauber 1h
If Sea Dogs advance, he'll stay with them. If not, he'll go to Pawtucket
After that?
Scott Lauber @ScottLauber 1h
If Sea Dogs advance, he'll stay with them. If not, he'll go to Pawtucket
Dammit, couldn't embed it. Anyway, I didn't see the highlight of Rusney's double in here so here it is:
http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?content_id=35977881
http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?content_id=35977881
Castillo DHing today. With the Sea Dogs trailing 2-0 b-1st, he leads off the bottom half with a double to the right-center gap. He takes 3rd on a grounder and scores on a single
EDIT - 2nd: Pop-out to 2B on a slider to end the inning.
EDIT - 5th: Ground-ball single to CF, driving in a runner from 2nd. His first 3 PA were vs 21-yo RHSP Gabriel Ynoa.
EDIT - 6th: With a runner on 1B, grounds to SS for a 6-4 force at 2B, ending the inning vs 24-yo RHRP Hansel Robles.
EDIT - 9th - Facing 27-yo RH closer Cody Satterwhite, Strikes out swinging on a foul tip for the 2nd out of the inning.
Overall: 2-for-5, double, K, R, RBI.
EDIT - 2nd: Pop-out to 2B on a slider to end the inning.
EDIT - 5th: Ground-ball single to CF, driving in a runner from 2nd. His first 3 PA were vs 21-yo RHSP Gabriel Ynoa.
EDIT - 6th: With a runner on 1B, grounds to SS for a 6-4 force at 2B, ending the inning vs 24-yo RHRP Hansel Robles.
EDIT - 9th - Facing 27-yo RH closer Cody Satterwhite, Strikes out swinging on a foul tip for the 2nd out of the inning.
Overall: 2-for-5, double, K, R, RBI.
Does he look like a high school kid (very muscular one) to anybody else? I mean his swing and the way he runs. However, this is in NESN clips I've seen of him, and maybe it's because of their poor video quality, and in that quality of video you're usually seeing high school or low minors players.
In person, he does not look like a high school kid, I can assure you.
He's very easy to pick out on the field.
He's very easy to pick out on the field.
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Rusney Castillo will remain with Pawtucket during the entire Governor's Cup series. Playing in both game one and two at McCoy
Rusney Castillo will remain with Pawtucket during the entire Governor's Cup series. Playing in both game one and two at McCoy
Over/under of lbs of jewelry in the Red Sox outfield next year?
Also, Mookie needs to take his douchey iridium sunglasses game up a notch. If we're not going to have the best OF in the game, might as well have the most outrageous looking.
Also, Mookie needs to take his douchey iridium sunglasses game up a notch. If we're not going to have the best OF in the game, might as well have the most outrageous looking.
According to WEEI, Rusney just came up with a clutch RBI single to tie up the game for the Paw Sox.
stp said:
Give him a break -- he used all but 2 of the 140 characters available to him. He means that of the players currently on the 40-man roster and not yet in the majors, there are seven who are healthy. Of them, five will be called up. Castillo is one of them.
For the others, my money is on Cecchini, Escobar, Hembree and Lavarnway. Brentz and Hassan would be the odd men out.
Sprowl said:
Agreed. And that would render Brentz the only player on the 40-man this season not to spend even a day on Boston's 25-man roster.
No, I wasn't serious. Obviously the Red Sox can field a team.Ferm Sheller said:
Ok, I knew what he meant, but this guy is a professional writer. I still think it was terrible wording. "Red Sox to call up 5 of 7 eligible and healthy players. Castillo included." See?Sprowl said:
Castillo is now enjoying his second postseason professional baseball championship celebration on U.S. soil in the past two weeks -- and he caught the final out in CF to clinch it.
PawSox beat Durham 4-1 for the IL crown. Rusney goes 2-for-4 with 2 doubles, a walk and a run while successful on 1 of 2 SB attempts.
He'll be with them for the AAA championship next Tuesday in Charlotte NC against the PCL winners (Omaha or Reno).
PawSox beat Durham 4-1 for the IL crown. Rusney goes 2-for-4 with 2 doubles, a walk and a run while successful on 1 of 2 SB attempts.
He'll be with them for the AAA championship next Tuesday in Charlotte NC against the PCL winners (Omaha or Reno).
Rusney Castillo goes 2-4 with two doubles and a run scored for Pawtucket tonight, and just for fun records the final out of the 4-1 victory. Congrats to the Paw Sox. Now get thee to Pittsburgh.
EDIT: Because *$%@! autocorrect, that's why.
EDIT: Because *$%@! autocorrect, that's why.
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