Curse of Castilla

by jbox on Aug 28, 2006 9:34 AM PDT in News Comment 6 comments

Since Castilla's release, Padres third basemen have hit .182 (25-for-137) with two homers and eight RBI and made 10 errors.

I'm not saying I want Vinny back, because we've all seen his stats, but seriously can we get a real third basemen now?

This experiment where we platoon 4 guys who suck isn't working.

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You should be saying you want Castilla back

Too bad the Rocks have Castilla. Castilla's replacements already have more errors than Castilla had while he was here. Castilla was playing outstanding defense. Castilla's replacements have not come close to his offensive production, meager as it was.

by Enzo Hernandez on Aug 28, 2006 11:08 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Well

if it was a choice between Castilla and this group then yes it was better to have Castilla. They shouldn't have released Castilla until they knew they had somebody that could fill his position. Could they have sent him down for a bit to see if Walker was going to work out? I was all for getting rid of Castilla thinking that they'd sign a real 3rd basemen, but they didn't.

by jbox on Aug 28, 2006 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have to disagree.

While our third basemen haven't hit well since we cut Vinny, there was at least the chance that they would hit better than Castilla. On the year, Walker, Blum and Bellhorn have all hit better than Castilla. In fact, Walker's wOBA in 67 PA since becoming a Padre is second on the team behind Josh Bard. The difference between .382 and .262 is about 7 runs over 67 PA.

Friar Faithful

by Richard Wade on Aug 28, 2006 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs