SANTIAGO CASILLA RUMORS

Giants place Santiago Casilla on DL

The San Francisco Giants placed right-handed reliever Santiago Casilla on the 15-day disabled list due to a knee injury, according to Alex Pavlovic of The Mercury News. Casilla has made just two appearances since May 8 after a cyst was discovered in his knee. He's been attempting to pitch through the ailment by wearing a knee brace, but the Giants ultimately decided to give...
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7 hours ago  |  Discuss

Ryan Vogelsong, Santiago Casilla go on Giants' DL

Right-hander Ryan Vogelsong has been placed on the 15-day disabled list after breaking his pitching hand and the San Francisco Giants are bracing to be without him for two months. Vogelsong was in surgery Tuesday morning at Stanford. X-rays on Monday night revealed the injury, which came on a fifth-inning swing during an 8-0 victory against the Washington Nationals. Vogelsong had...
Via AP on Fox
1 day ago  |  Discuss

Giants' Santiago Casilla throws off mound, should be ready for return

The San Francisco Giants may soon see Santiago Casilla back in their bullpen.  The recently-extended reliever has been sidelined with a cyst in his right knee.  The cyst was causing enough pain that Casilla had to take some time away.  However, he threw off a mound on Tuesday and feels ready to go says Andrew Baggarly of CSN Bay Area. Casilla threw off a mound yesterday, said...
Via MLB Injury News Verified_ybn
6 days ago  |  Discuss

Cyst sidelines Giants’ reliever Santiago Casilla

The San Francisco Giants have announced that reliever Santiago Casilla will likely miss the next few games to recover from pain in his right knee caused by a cyst. MLB.com’s Chris Haft reports that Casilla had the cyst in 2012, but it did not cause any problems. However, the pain caused Casilla to leave the Giants’ game with the Philadelphia Phillies this past Wednesday...
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12 days ago  |  Discuss

Giants' Santiago Casilla Leaves Wednesday's Game

Santiago Casilla left Wednesday’s game with a right knee injury while covering first base on a grounder. After the Ben Revere groundout, the relief pitcher exited the game. Bruce Bochy stated that this injury had previously been downplayed and coming into the game Casilla was bothered by it. He got two outs, including a strikeout, before he was injured and ultimately replaced...
Via MLB Injury News Verified_ybn
13 days ago  |  Discuss

Santiago Casilla's interference gives Eric Hinske ground rule double (Video)

Your browser does not support iframes. San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Santiago Casilla had a brain spasm while warming up in the bullpen as he picked up a live ball during Wednesday's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, and it arguably cost the Giants the game. In the eighth inning with the Giants up 1-0, Casilla was warming up on the mound in left field foul territory...
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27 days ago  |  Discuss

SF Giants Rumors: Swisher Rumor Is Fading In The Wind, Casilla Contract Details

For those of you that were hoping the San Francisco Giants would sign free agent outfielder Nick Swisher, it’s not going to happen. Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle says (via Twitter) Swisher’s employment tour will not run through the Giants front office.   In another tweet, Schulman breaks down Santiago Casilla‘s contract details. Casilla will get $4.5 million...

SF Giants Rumors: Casilla Locked In, Minor League Deal Reached With Herrera

The San Francisco Giants have inked reliever Santiago Casilla to a 3-year deal worth $15 million, reports Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle.   Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com (via Twitter) adds that the Casilla deal buys out two of his free-agent years. The team also has control over a third year as well (club option). Matt Eddy of Baseball America reports (via Twitter...

Source: Giants, Casilla reach deal

The Giants and right-handed reliever Santiago Casilla agreed to a three-year, $15 million deal on Monday, according to a source. The deal, which also contains a vesting option for a fourth year according to the source, buys out Casilla's final year of arbitration and two free-agent years. According to the source, if Casilla, 32, fails to reach certain thresholds, the vesting...
Via Fox Sports
December 18, 2012  |  Discuss
KNEES WERE A-KNOCKIN'

Giants P Casilla jumps out of batter's box

Here is the video of San Francisco Giants pitcher Santiago Casilla taking an at-bat in the 14th inning last night against the Brewers.Look at how far away he tries to stand from the batter's box. Casilla is not used to hitting at all and he is very scared of getting hit by the pitcher. The fun begins around the 1:05 mark of the video. Here is another at-bat from...
Via D Wizzle's World Verified_ybn
May 22, 2012  |  Discuss
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