Castro

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Castro for Stanton. Who wins that trade? Who has to include other pieces to balance it out?

 

Cubs have to include some pretty good secondary pieces.

 

Other way around.

 

You're crazy, and your WAR/$ chart is preemptively crazy.

[jersey cubs fan]

Castro for Stanton. Who wins that trade? Who has to include other pieces to balance it out?

 

Cubs have to include some pretty good secondary pieces.

 

Other way around.

 

The fact that Castro has cost certainty, at a very affordable/favorable level, and Stanton does not, has to play a big role in their respective values. But Starlin is still probably too expensive for Miami's tastes, plus, after the Guillen fiasco they may not want a Castro on their roster.

[Guest]

8.5 years v. 3.5

 

Castro's question marks aren't so much bigger than Stanton's to cover that massive gap in control.

[Cubswin11]

Law had an article today about the top young SS in baseball. Anyone know if he said anything about Starlin?

[treebird]

Law had an article today about the top young SS in baseball. Anyone know if he said anything about Starlin?

 

"There's also the enigma that is Starlin Castro, just 23 years old with the ability to hit .300-plus with some pop, but moving backward in his approach at an age when he should be moving forward. "

[Tracer Bullet]

I don't want Tim's analysis. I want Law's.

[Guest]

Law had an article today about the top young SS in baseball. Anyone know if he said anything about Starlin?

 

"There's also the enigma that is Starlin Castro, just 23 years old with the ability to hit .300-plus with some pop, but moving backward in his approach at an age when he should be moving forward. "

 

unfortunately, that sounds about right

[Tyrant]

I feel like there's about one article a month like this about Castro, this one from Bruce Miles.

 

When Sveum was asked how far Castro had progressed, he gave an interesting answer.

 

"Not as much as I think we'd all like to see," the manager said. "There's still the lapses. Mentally, I think he's gotten a lot better, but physically, things like that, we're seeing a lot of the same stuff that we still need to get better at on a consistent daily basis with concentration of at-bats and defense and all that, too.

 

"He's got the potential. Those things, when you get to this level and you've played this much, the rest is up to him how good he wants to be."

 

Not that the articles themselves mean much, it'd just be nice if Castro was consistently good enough that they stopped getting written.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Whether it's lack of concentration or just impatience, it can be difficult at times to watch Castro bat. Some of the swings he puts on pitches in certain counts has got me frustrated.

[Castros trade value]

Starlin's wOBA is down to .269. WTH is going on here?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Starlin's wOBA is down to .269. WTH is going on here?

 

Theo broke him.

[Castros trade value]

Seriously, does that not trouble you? I can only imagine what Theo and Jed are thinking.

[Sammy Sofa]

Seriously, does that not trouble you?

 

Of course it does. Why would you even have to ask that?

[Castros trade value]

I thought the prior poster was making light of it. Any ideas as to what's happened to Starlin?

[ScrubMD]

Sveum is acting like the decision to give him a day off is like deciding whether or not to release him. A day or two off may or may not have any impact at all, but it seems like he's been agonizing over the decision for a month. Give him a damn day off.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I was being serious. Theo broke him. They are trying to teach him to be more patient and drive pitches from hitter's counts, and it's got him in this horrible chasm where he takes hittable pitches early in the count, flails at pitches with two strikes and overswings at everything.

 

Maybe this is the just the lull before it all clicks together and he superstars again, or maybe they'll just give up and he can go back to the old approach.

[GammonsPocketTweets]

You can't change some players, they are who they are. They thought they could make Castro an even better shortstop with some better plate discipline, now they might need a new shortstop.

[mookie]

Yep. Gonna need a new shortstop.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Seriously, does that not trouble you?

 

Of course it does. Why would you even have to ask that?

 

The prior poster is Kyle. When people start heading for the ledges, he's the guy to give them a helpful push.

[Guest]

I was being serious. Theo broke him. They are trying to teach him to be more patient and drive pitches from hitter's counts, and it's got him in this horrible chasm where he takes hittable pitches early in the count, flails at pitches with two strikes and overswings at everything.

 

Maybe this is the just the lull before it all clicks together and he superstars again, or maybe they'll just give up and he can go back to the old approach.

 

 

He never superstarred before. He's really gooded, though. Just odd to see you, of all peopl,e say that.

[Hawk4Hall]

All Castro needs is a few games that include base hits and he will get his confidence back. He's still young and has been really good in the past.

[Guest]

I was being serious. Theo broke him. They are trying to teach him to be more patient and drive pitches from hitter's counts, and it's got him in this horrible chasm where he takes hittable pitches early in the count, flails at pitches with two strikes and overswings at everything.

 

Maybe this is the just the lull before it all clicks together and he superstars again, or maybe they'll just give up and he can go back to the old approach.

 

I actually pretty much agree with this. Have to hope things just had to get worse before they get better.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

By going deeper down into the crevasse he will find a path out.

[jersey cubs fan]

I was being serious. Theo broke him. They are trying to teach him to be more patient and drive pitches from hitter's counts, and it's got him in this horrible chasm where he takes hittable pitches early in the count, flails at pitches with two strikes and overswings at everything.

 

Maybe this is the just the lull before it all clicks together and he superstars again, or maybe they'll just give up and he can go back to the old approach.

 

I actually pretty much agree with this. Have to hope things just had to get worse before they get better.

 

yes worse, but this worse?

[Guest]

By going deeper down into the crevasse he will find a path out.

 

Interesting way to describe a learning curve.