Orioles Claim Diego Castillo, Designate Livan Soto

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, Morgan423 said:

The 26-year-old Castillo has bounced from the D-backs, to the Mets, to the Yankees, to the Phillies and now to the Orioles all in the span of two months.

At this point, he probably feels more like a ping pong ball than a baseball player. 

At least he's still in Florida for Spring Training.

Can you imagine being a fringe guy and having to move back and forth?

[Frobby]

13 minutes ago, Morgan423 said:

The 26-year-old Castillo has bounced from the D-backs, to the Mets, to the Yankees, to the Phillies and now to the Orioles all in the span of two months.

At this point, he probably feels more like a ping pong ball than a baseball player. 

He’s the 2024 version of Lewin Diaz.  

[Too Tall]

Someone buy this guy a RV. Talk about nomadic life. If the Sanks liked him, he got to be something? Right? 

[Aristotelian]

.410 OBP in AAA. Interesting pickup.

[Roll Tide]

I don’t really get the musical chairs type moves. I guess Elias has fun with this type of roster manipulation. I doubt either one of these guys has much of a MLB career.

[RarityFlaherty]

30 minutes ago, Roll Tide said:

I don’t really get the musical chairs type moves. I guess Elias has fun with this type of roster manipulation. I doubt either one of these guys has much of a MLB career.

We’re just incrementally improving our depth. The hope is that we never even need to use these guys in the majors, but you never know what might happen with injuries. If two or more of our infielders go down around the same time, we’re looking a little thin now that Ortiz is gone. 

[Roll Tide]

2 hours ago, RarityFlaherty said:

We’re just incrementally improving our depth. The hope is that we never even need to use these guys in the majors, but you never know what might happen with injuries. If two or more of our infielders go down around the same time, we’re looking a little thin now that Ortiz is gone. 

I don’t have a problem with playing games with the 39th/40th spots on the roster. It’s just amusing.

[RarityFlaherty]

37 minutes ago, Roll Tide said:

I don’t have a problem with playing games with the 39th/40th spots on the roster. It’s just amusing.

I like it. Depth is always important and it’s not really costing us anything. If there’s someone you can claim that you like more than the guy in that 40th spot, why not? 

[Just Regular]

The BP Annual touted his extreme contact rate - here he is 3rd in last year's PCL at lowest swinging strike rate:

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/minor-league?pos=all&level=0&lg=4&stats=bat&qual=y&type=2&team=&season=2023&seasonEnd=2023&org=&ind=0&splitTeam=false&players=&sort=15,-1

Adam Frazier-y!

If I telescope that out to All Affliiated Minor League and 500 PA, he's 7th, Dylan Beavers 26th, Cesar Prieto 38th and Jackson Holliday 46th among Orioles past and present.     Beavers lack of swing and miss gets more interesting every time I see it.

[Roll Tide]

1 hour ago, Just Regular said:

The BP Annual touted his extreme contact rate - here he is 3rd in last year's PCL at lowest swinging strike rate:

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/minor-league?pos=all&level=0&lg=4&stats=bat&qual=y&type=2&team=&season=2023&seasonEnd=2023&org=&ind=0&splitTeam=false&players=&sort=15,-1

Adam Frazier-y!

If I telescope that out to All Affliiated Minor League and 500 PA, he's 7th, Dylan Beavers 26th, Cesar Prieto 38th and Jackson Holliday 46th among Orioles past and present.     Beavers lack of swing and miss gets more interesting every time I see it.

He just display power ….so guys will cheat taking away LDs that should be singles. Unless he could be the second coming of Wade Boggs

[sevastras]

1 hour ago, Roll Tide said:

He just display power ….so guys will cheat taking away LDs that should be singles. Unless he could be the second coming of Wade Boggs

How many beers can he drink on a cross country plane ride?

[rm5678]

21 hours ago, Frobby said:

He’s the 2024 version of Lewin Diaz.  

Yes, and also Pat Valaika.

[sportsfan8703]

Soto lost on waivers to the Angels, where we claimed him from. Castillo is in DFA limbo. 

[sportsfan8703]

Castillo might clear. He made it all the way to us in the mid 20s range. Most of the teams behind us have stacked 40 man rosters. 

[Just Regular]

Castillo makes it to AAA as Elias works on building that .400 team OBP.