LUIS CASTILLO RUMORS

Luis Castillo’s nine-day tryout with the Philadelphia Phillies is officially over. The Phillies announced that they have released the 35-year old second baseman, who was signed to a one-year, $414,000 deal a little over a week ago to replace five-time All-Star second baseman Chase Utley, who will begin the season on the disabled list with knee tendinitis. Castillo started...

Luis Castillo, who was recently signed to a one-year minor league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies, was hitless in four at-bats in his first spring training game with the team. Castillo’s deal is a one-year, $414,000 contract. Castillo basically has the rest of spring training to prove that he deserves a spot on the major-league roster, and he has not been off to a good...

You can officially count Day 1 of the Luis Castillo Experiment as a total disaster. The Phillies aren’t drawing a lot of attention to the matter, but the fact is that Castillo arrived to camp late and was scratched from the game today. General manager Ruben Amaro Jr said he was surprised that Castillo wasn’t in camp in the morning, as he should have been, but he didn...

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...

Well that didn’t take very long.  To Mets fans’ delight, the Mets finally cut ties with their limping, slap hitting second baseman on Friday.  Luis Castillo was set free to sign with any team that he wanted, leaving the Mets to eat his $6 mil contract.  As it turns out, the Mets won’t have to eat the entire contract, as the Phillies have reportedly signed Castillo...

According to Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com the Philadelphia Phillies have offered former Mets second baseman Luis Castillo — who was released by NY and cleared waivers on Sunday — a minor league deal and he has excepted: Salisbury goes on to state in a post to CSNPhilly.com: With Chase Utley out indefinitely and expected to [...]

The questions started being asked as soon as the Mets announced yesterday that they were cutting ties with their incumbent starting second basemen Luis Castillo: After a day of rumors some candidates for the 35-year-old’s services have emerged.  Although signals remain mixed on some fronts we decided to take a look ‘Around the Web’ to [...]

Since the news first broke yesterday that the Mets released much beleaguered 2B Luis Castillo, many offered opinions.Andy Martino, the Phillie Phanatic, suggests that there is racism with the fans about the treatment of Castillo. Impossible to prove with the love the fans have for Jose Reyes, Johan Santana, Mookie Wilson, Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, etc. Mets fans didn't like Castillo

The Mets surprised people when they released Luis Castillo despite owing him $6 million. The Cubs, Phillies, and Marlins are all teams that could be interested in bringing him in for the minimum. 

You read that right, everyone’s favorite second baseman has finally be cut by the New York Mets.  Various sources, including Adam Rubin of ESPN, Ed Coleman of WFAN, and Incarcerated Bob are reporting that the New York Mets have finally cut ties with Luis Castillo.  The full story will be posted later. Picture by: Keith Allison Farewell Luis, it’s been fun watching you...