Castro

[Little Slide Rooter]

Worst case scenario: just think of it as a 4/70someMM contract for Anthony Rizzo with a free Jonathan Herrera to go along with him. :stickman:

[Tim17]

I'm kind of starting to agree with Kaplan about Castro and that makes me really sad :(

[Sammy Sofa]

Never agree with Kaplan about anything.

[Tim17]

Never agree with Kaplan about anything.

 

Good rule but when he didn't even run on a fly ball 3 inches from the chalk I almost went over to the dark side.

[Sammy Sofa]

I'm still waiting for someone to explain to me how the hell that would have played out if it had been ruled fair. I was listening on the radio and I don't think they mentioned anything about it bouncing out of play.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I'm still waiting for someone to explain to me how the hell that would have played out if it had been ruled fair. I was listening on the radio and I don't think they mentioned anything about it bouncing out of play.

Umpire discretion. I think they'd probably put him at 2nd, but that's their call.

[Gilby]

Edit - yeah, what Bob said.

 

I found it funny that right before that play, Sutcliffe was defending him saying something like, "if it starts raining in Chicago, they'll even blame that on Starlin." Then RIGHT after that, he didn't run.

[Sammy Sofa]

Runners were first and third, right? So the runner on first would have only been given second? Yeeeeeesh.

[Guest]

Never agree with Kaplan about anything.

 

Good rule but when he didn't even run on a fly ball 3 inches from the chalk I almost went over to the dark side.

He did start running. It looked like the ball was out of play and the wind pushed it. Starling was 1/3 of the way to first when it landed.

[Sammy Sofa]

Never agree with Kaplan about anything.

 

Good rule but when he didn't even run on a fly ball 3 inches from the chalk I almost went over to the dark side.

He did start running. It looked like the ball was out of play and the wind pushed it. Starling was 1/3 of the way to first when it landed.

 

Man, the radio guys made it sound like he didn't even leave the box.

[Cubswin11]

Never agree with Kaplan about anything.

 

Good rule but when he didn't even run on a fly ball 3 inches from the chalk I almost went over to the dark side.

He did start running. It looked like the ball was out of play and the wind pushed it. Starling was 1/3 of the way to first when it landed.

 

Man, the radio guys made it sound like he didn't even leave the box.

He would've been able to get to 2B fairly easily I think if it was fair. Soler and Bryant were running tho and basically both at home when it came down

[Guest]

Never agree with Kaplan about anything.

 

Good rule but when he didn't even run on a fly ball 3 inches from the chalk I almost went over to the dark side.

He did start running. It looked like the ball was out of play and the wind pushed it. Starling was 1/3 of the way to first when it landed.

 

Man, the radio guys made it sound like he didn't even leave the box.

He didn't initially leave the batters box because it looked like it was into the stands the stands.

[Banedon]

Never agree with Kaplan about anything.

 

Good rule but when he didn't even run on a fly ball 3 inches from the chalk I almost went over to the dark side.

He did start running. It looked like the ball was out of play and the wind pushed it. Starling was 1/3 of the way to first when it landed.

 

Man, the radio guys made it sound like he didn't even leave the box.

He didn't initially leave the batters box because it looked like it was into the stands the stands.

 

He had to get the papers, get the papers.

[ARCubsFan]

Edit - yeah, what Bob said.

 

I found it funny that right before that play, Sutcliffe was defending him saying something like, "if it starts raining in Chicago, they'll even blame that on Starlin." Then RIGHT after that, he didn't run.

And then he trashed Starlin for not running. It was literally perfect timing.

[Guest]

I'm kind of starting to agree with Kaplan about Castro and that makes me really sad :(

 

Good thing is that the Castro haters were still wrong for most of five years.

 

Bad news is, i agree. I'm ready to make Castro a bench player/utility IF once Javy gets a couple games at AAA.

[rawaction]

I'm kind of starting to agree with Kaplan about Castro and that makes me really sad :(

 

Good thing is that the Castro haters were still wrong for most of five years.

 

Bad news is, i agree. I'm ready to make Castro a bench player/utility IF once Javy gets a couple games at AAA.

 

Do you remember how bad Javy was last year? It's far from a guarantee that would even be a positive move.

[OleMissCub]

I'm kind of starting to agree with Kaplan about Castro and that makes me really sad :(

 

Good thing is that the Castro haters were still wrong for most of five years.

 

Bad news is, i agree. I'm ready to make Castro a bench player/utility IF once Javy gets a couple games at AAA.

 

Do you remember how bad Javy was last year? It's far from a guarantee that would even be a positive move.

 

It's also possible that he has improved a good bit and evolved his game.

 

Last year in AAA before being called up he was .260/.323/.510. This year he is .314/.386/.536. Granted, that's only in 37 games this year, but obviously he is doing something different and there is improvement there.

[CyHawk_Cub]

I'm kind of starting to agree with Kaplan about Castro and that makes me really sad :(

 

Good thing is that the Castro haters were still wrong for most of five years.

 

Bad news is, i agree. I'm ready to make Castro a bench player/utility IF once Javy gets a couple games at AAA.

 

Do you remember how bad Javy was last year? It's far from a guarantee that would even be a positive move.

 

Castro has been so bad, I'd happily roll Baez out there & assume the MIF defense is no worse (perhaps/probably better). Javy at least has the potential to run into a HR. Makes me sad to feel this way, but I do.

[Guest]

Yeah, i think shifting Russel to short and javy at second would upgrade the defense. Javy CAN be worse than Castro, but if he is it probably wouldnt hurt our overall offense too much, and he COULD be much better. Castro is an upgrade to the bench, too.

 

I dont want to hate castro, at all, but we cant trade him right now, and he really sucks a lot.

[Sammy Sofa]

What's the projection right now as to when Baez can even begin playing rehab games?

[Guest]

Also, he didnt run out a foul ball against the cards in the eighth inning and it made me mad, so maybe this is just an irrational overreaction to that.

[ARCubsFan]

Also, he didnt run out a foul ball against the cards in the eighth inning and it made me mad, so maybe this is just an irrational overreaction to that.

This matters very little compared to how bad he's been at the plate this year. You can handle the mental mistakes if he was hitting to his potential or even in the stratosphere to his potential.

[d_money]

The frustrating thing about Castro is that he's young with a proven track record (approaching 1k hits before the age of 25). You'd think he'd be vetted out and more consistent as a hitter at this age...not regressing like he is. Let's hope he's going through a massive funk and can turn it around soon.

[sontensei]

Yeah, i think shifting Russel to short and javy at second would upgrade the defense. Javy CAN be worse than Castro, but if he is it probably wouldnt hurt our overall offense too much, and he COULD be much better. Castro is an upgrade to the bench, too.

 

I dont want to hate castro, at all, but we cant trade him right now, and he really sucks a lot.

 

i know nothing about baseball so take this with a grain of salt, but i'd prefer better defense and massive power with lots of K's than a double play machine that makes lots of errors and occasionally gets a clutch hit.

[Sammy Sofa]

People might be overstating the difference defensively just a wee bit.