Jason Castro the Astro! His last name has our team name. I hope that the 6-3 205lb left handed hitting catcher cASTRO is really the prized gem we thought he can be. The Astros took a stab drafting him 10th in the 2008 1st round from Stanford. Hopefully he can hit .270+, slug 10+ homeruns, and drive in 70+ runs for us this year. He can be our future catcher for the next 10 years!!!!
He could not beat out Humberto Quinterro last season??? Q is good defensively but brings close to nothing offensively. For having been a 10th pick if he's not ready now...
Um, Castro got hurt either in spring training or very early in the season last year (can't remember which). The job was his.
lighten up, fellas. The reason the sports fora were split apart is to accommodate more threads for each team, such as one like this discussing a particular player. If you think the whole "astro in his name" thing is a bit juvenile then fine, but the hopes of Castro contributing to the Astros' hopeful future success is certainly a legitimate thread topic. Personally, my hopes aren't that high for Jason. Hope he surprises me. Go Astros!
I think Castro will be a pretty nice upgrade on the catchers the Astros have been running out there, but I'm with you on having somewhat lower expectations long term. He was a good selection for what the Astros needed. At the time he was taken, the farm system needed a jump start in the worst way. The quickest way to do that is draft a college bat that you think can fast-track to the big leagues. Castro certainly fit that bill.
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http://blog.chron.com/ultimateastro...ry/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Castro is going to miss part of Spring Training, at least. I'm not expecting squat from him this season unfortunately.
I still think Castro will be a good player, provided we aren't seeing the beginning of an injury-prone pattern from him. His performance at the end of 2009 tells us almost nothing, and there were some promising signs in it anyway. If he's healthy this year I can easily see him wresting the majority of the games at catcher away from Quintero. Of course, knowing Brad Mills, he'll literally never get to bat against a lefty...
I just think that being away from baseball for an entire year, he probably won't be back at full strength until July, maybe August? Especially playing Catcher. That will be brutal trying to recover from knee and foot injuries. If I could play GM, I would just want him to show something by the end of the season this year. Then evaluate him in 2013 to figure out whether or not he fits into the ballclubs plans.
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our whole 2012 Astros squad is full of AAA ball players! This is so sad to watch us having to rebuild from scratch but at least they have a few youngsters in the minors coming up soon.