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Wellington Castillo Signs with the White Sox


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6 minutes ago, Morgan423 said:

Doesn't look like he gained anything money wise, but I suppose players are happy to have extra guaranteed years in case of injury, so this still makes sense for him.  

Guaranteed money is big, Castillo is getting older and just guaranteed himself $8,000,000 more in career earnings.

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36 minutes ago, Diehard_O's_Fan said:

I am glad that the Orioles have enough faith in Caleb Joseph to allow Castillo to leave. You hate to pay big money to your catcher when your pitching staff is in terrible shape. I am glad that the Orioles are smarter than the Whitesox.

It’s not a dumb move for the White Sox, they aren’t going to run a nothing payroll and Castillo is a solid player. If he plays well they won’t hesitate to flip him for prospects.  

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1 hour ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Good deal for both sides. I’m hoping that he was contributing to the pitching problems.  It’s  Likely we were just terrible. 

Starting pitching definitely lacks in quality, but the Orioles pitchers did better when Caleb was behind the plate.

Castillo's catcher ERA was 5.60 versus 4.23 for Caleb.

https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/stats?season=2017&category=FIELDING+II&group=2&sort=8&time=0&pos=2&qual=0&sortOrder=0&splitType=0&statID=0

 

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4 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Starting pitching definitely lacks in quality, but the Orioles pitchers did better when Caleb was behind the plate.

Castillo's catcher ERA was 5.60 versus 4.23 for Caleb.

https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/stats?season=2017&category=FIELDING+II&group=2&sort=8&time=0&pos=2&qual=0&sortOrder=0&splitType=0&statID=0

Hmm....

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.beyondtheboxscore.com/platform/amp/2009/6/19/919142/please-everyone-stop-using

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1 hour ago, Il BuonO said:

Normally I would agree, but when the differential is 1.4 runs/game in almost equal usage, and 5 of 6 starters do noticeably better with the same catcher, it gets a little harder to believe that’s a random variation.

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3 hours ago, Frobby said:

Normally I would agree, but when the differential is 1.4 runs/game in almost equal usage, and 5 of 6 starters do noticeably better with the same catcher, it gets a little harder to believe that’s a random variation.

I agree.

Generally speaking I'm not a huge fan of CERA, but there are some guys I just can't dispute...especially seeing them catch every single game. 

I'm curious if there is a correlation with pitch framing and CERA, btw. I'd imagine that would be very tough to measure, but it'd be an interesting exercise.

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