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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/orioles?src=hash">#orioles</a> will be among the teams watching Cuban OF Rusney Castillo work out in Miami.</p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="

">July 16, 2014</a></blockquote>

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From Ben Badler of Baseball America:

Scouts don’t expect Castillo to be an immediate impact player along the lines of Yoenis Cespedes or Jose Abreu, but several scouts who have seen Castillo before he left and since he has been in the Dominican Republic have been impressed, though there’s a split on whether he profiles as an everyday player or a fourth outfielder.

http://www.si.com/mlb/2014/07/16/cuban-outfielder-rusney-castillo-showcase-july-26-miami

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"Castillo debuted in 2008-2009 at age 22; he went 15 for 43 with 3 doubles, a triple and four walks. He fielded .911, backing up Mario Vega at second base and Adonis Garc?a at third. As a utility man in 2009-2010, he hit .303/.333/.404. He became the starting right fielder in 2010-2011 and responded with a .324/.373/.555 line. He hit 22 doubles and 18 homers, scored 75 runs and drove in 79 in 88 games. He was 10th in the Cuban Serie Nacional in RBI, tied Urmaris Guerra for 9th in total bases (202) and led with 29 steals, 6 more than runner-up Yoelvis Leyva. He was caught only six times. Surprisingly, he had only stolen successfully twice in eight tries over his first two campaigns."

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rusney_Castillo

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Rusney Castillo Peraza

ESTADISTICAS BATEO

S Tm G AB R H AVE 2B 3B HR TB OBP SLU OPS SB CS RBI HBP BB IBB SO GDP

48SN CAV 28 43 12 15 .349 3 1 0 20 .417 .465 .882 0 2 8 1 4 0 10 0

49SN CAV 44 99 11 30 .303 2 1 2 40 .333 .404 .737 2 4 10 3 2 0 19 5

50SN CAV 107 441 91 141 .320 27 5 22 244 .369 .553 .922 32 7 95 16 21 0 53 12

51SN CAV 113 448 101 153 .342 37 2 21 257 .408 .574 .982 27 7 84 12 41 14 49 14

52SN CAV 68 234 41 64 .274 6 2 6 92 .377 .393 .770 15 9 29 8 31 10 29 6

5 CAV 360 1265 256 403 .319 75 11 51 653 .383 .516 .899 76 29 226 40 99 24 160 37

ESTADISTICAS DEFENSA

S Tm G INN PO A E TL AVE DP TP PB SB CS POS

48SN CAV 28 87.2 19 32 5 56 .911 8 0 0 0 0 2B-3B

49SN CAV 44 188.1 64 75 5 144 .965 25 0 0 0 0 2B-3B-LF-RF

50SN CAV 107 900.0 254 11 5 270 .981 7 0 0 0 0 CF-RF

51SN CAV 113 950.0 264 17 3 284 .989 4 0 0 0 0 CF-RF

52SN CAV 68 541.1 156 7 1 164 .994 2 0 0 0 0 CF-RF

5 CAV 360 2667.1 757 142 19 918 .979 46 0 0 0 0

Estadisticas compiladas hasta la 53 Serie Nacional de Beisbol 2013-2014.

http://cuban-play.com/estadisticas/labor-de-por-vida-en-series-nacionales/rusney-castillo-peraza

Just give him David Lough's money for next year.

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Castillo can sting the ball from the right side of the plate, projecting as a line drive bat who hits a lot of doubles and triples rather than home runs. He's an aggressive hitter with good bat speed, though his swing can get long at times and he will expand his strike zone.

Sounds like he'll fit right in!!!!!!!!

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Sneak peak at Castillo:

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Also going to showcase himself at SS. Not just OF.

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