It was announced this week that Luis Castillo had agreed to an unusual deal with the Philadelphia Phillies: he would report to camp essentially for a 9-game try-out. If the club liked what they saw, he would be the squad’s starting second baseman and be paid approximately $400,000 for the year; if the Phils weren’t so impressed, he would be cut before opening day and the team wouldn’t owe him a penny.
Sounds fair for a guy that only played 86 games last year and was placed on waivers by the Mets just this past Friday, doesn’t it? Who wouldn’t take full advantage of a team groomed for championships taking a chance on you to fill one of their biggest star’s shoes?
The lineup for today’s game was announced earlier this morning and within minutes it was being reported that Castillo was already scratched because he hadn’t arrived in Clearwater yet. Games left to try-out: eight.
A few minutes after that, the lineup for tomorrow’s game ...
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