WELLINGTON CASTILLO RUMORS

Spot Starters for September 15, 2012

Just how far can playing the matchups on free agency take you? Could a full season of waiver wire-caliber second basemen equal a year’s worth of Neil Walker? Those are the questions we seek to answer with another edition of our Spot Start Squad. Expanded Notes Anyone else shocked to see Wellington Castillo batting a robust .500 in 32 at-bats vs. LHP? Wandy Rodriguez isn’t the...
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September 14, 2012  |  Discuss

Cubs activate C Castillo from DL, recall Valbuena

The Cubs placed infielder Ian Stewart on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 13, and designated catcher Koyie Hill for assignment. To take their spots on the 25-man roster, Wellington Castillo was activated from the disabled list and Triple-A infielder Luis Valbuena was recalled from Iowa. Both players were available for Thursday's series finale against the Detroit...
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June 14, 2012  |  Discuss

Sunday Funnies: How's your faith hanging there, Cub Fans?

Click to see the gif. Steve Clevenger, Geovany Soto, and Wellington Castillo.You can find them all on the same page - the injury report on MLB.com.3 catchers going down at the same time is incredibly ridiculous, and the result is Koyie Hill.Like a ghost from last year's horror movie.But in the learned words of Lou Piniella, "What are you gonna do?"The baseball gods...
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May 20, 2012  |  Discuss

Welcome Back, Welington?

So here we all were, basking in the glory of defeating Roy Halladay and minding our own business, and suddenly the Cubs Twitterverse is abuzz about a tweet.  The tweet causing the commotion is from Enrique Rojas: #Cubs call up catcher Wellington Castillo, agent said. — Enrique Rojas/ESPN (@Enrique_Rojas1) April 28, 2012 Of course, nobody [...]
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April 28, 2012  |  Discuss
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