All this year, whenever a batter watches a pitch go right down the middle of the plate, and complains, I'm gonna think of him.
I know, just an observation in the event of injury and they need to call up a warm body for the bench...but that's a can you kick all the way down the road to Palm Beach. Hell, I still think of Ensberg.
Glad Castro is finally gone. I didn't like him at Stanford, didn't like that the Astros drafted him, didn't like him when he demanded $100,000,000 after his flukish season a few years ago and didn't like him when he became nearly an automatic out. He can take his Kurt Manwaring caliber skill set to Minnesota and never come back.
Don't like the disrespect. The value of Jason Castro behind the plate and how he was the only bright spot for 3+ years and went from Scott Feldman being the ace to helping in the development of so many arms to pushing Feldman to the pen. Pure class, smart guy, leader and probably the most respected guy on the team.
What is this nonsense? Castro was okay behind the plate but he wasn't some sort of pitcher whisperer like you seem to think. The Astros young pitchers did well or failed because of their own short comings, not because Castro was behind the plate. The most respected guy on the team? No...... there is a pint size second baseman that is the most respected player on the team. What leadership did he exhibit that other players on the team didn't? It is the BS narrative of a catcher that cannot hit, so he must be special behind the plate. Castro wasn't bad behind the plate and was good at pitch framing, but that is about it.
Ah Tony Eusebio, the rare case where a backup spot was firmly entrenched, while the starter changed every year. Also the person who completely invalidated the importance of hitting streaks for teenage me. If this mofo can have a 20 game hitting streak, anybody can do it.
This. Leaders set examples, and consistently striking out and having terrible at-bats is not that example.
