Castillo makes second rehab start

Mets second baseman Luis Castillo played in his first live game in almost a month. Playing for the Golf Coast League Mets Friday night, Castillo went 0-for-2 with a walk.

So Omar Minaya saw three months of Luis Castillo last year and decided, “You know what?  That’s the guy I want playing second base for the next four years.”  Really?  This actually happened?  I mean, I guess he was kind of barely adequate.  He batted .296 with a .371 on-base pe...

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New York Mets second baseman Luis Castillo continued his rehab stint Monday night for the GCL Mets. he left the game in the second inning.

According to Jon Heyman of SI.com, The Mets, Angels, Dodgers and Royals are among several teams to inquire here about the availability of shortstop extraordinaire Michael Young of the Texas Rangers.The Rangers are not shopping Young, but they are willing to listen to overtures on just about anyone, and that includes the five-time All-Star who won a Gold Glove in 2008 and has spent...

What choice does he have ? Easley's injured, he never saw Ramon Martinez play this year so he doesn't trust him, A. Reyes is hitter .240 and a weaker fielder, Jerry Manuel seems almost handcuffed by the situation to use Luis Castillo.Well the Gansta doesn't roll like that, if you don't preform you don't play. Luis Castillo has looked absolutely awful and probably rushed back from...

The Mets lost to the Cardinals by a score of 10-3 this afternoon in St. Lucie. Johan Santana was shaky, allowing 4 runs (3 earned) on 5 hits, while striking out 5. For a full recap, head on over to MLB.com. A few notes: Luis Castillo went 0-1 with 2 walks in his return from the lineup [...]

The New York Mets travel (6-8) travel to Jupiter today to face the Florida Marlins (6-7) in Grapefruit League play. John Maine (0-0, 10.80) will be the starting pitcher for the Mets, and will take the mound at 1:05 p.m. eastern.Here's how the lineup looks for New York:Cory Sullivan, cfLuis Castillo, 2bRyan Church, rfFernando Tatis, 3bBobby Kielty, lfMarlon Anderson, 1bBrian Schneider...

If you're from Chicago, you remember the play. The Cubs were five outs away from going to the World Series. With one out in the top of the eighth inning in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series, Luis Castillo slapped a Mark Prior fastball toward the left field corner and Moises Alou sprinted toward the dividing brick wall. And while most fans with a grasp of baseball common sense..

I'll be touching on this in more detail at some point very soon, but all of us die-hards who pay attention in the off-season understand that Luis Castillo -- barring an unlikely trade or injury -- will provide a dominant story line in spring training and into the start of the Every year ...

Anyway, with New Years coming up, I thought it would be a good idea to go through the organization and create some New Years resolutions for everyone, so here it goes… Omar Minaya: To get a decent player under 40 this off season. Willie Randolph: To stop being overly confident in players who have large contracts. Brian Schneider: To make Mets fans forget about...

I'm fairly sure I'll find myself lonely in this opinion, but here goes: I think the deals that the Braves made this week to acquire 1B Mark Teixeira from the Rangers and RHP Octavio Dotel from the Royals will help our Mets more than Omar's deal to acquire 2B Luis Castillo from the Twins in exchange f...

There is absolutely no justification for Luis Castillo to continue starting at second base. Castillo is clearly hobbled by his knees which are either shot or never fully recovered. His range is limited and he's an offensive liability. Castillo put in another 0-4 night which lowered his BA to .129 in the month of Sept. It's clear that he's up there looking to walk and doesn't even...

One of my favorite pastimes during the offseason is viciously scouring the transaction pages on the web to find out which guys have been left off the 40 man roster and thereby granted free agency. Whether they are too old, can't play defense, or simply just stink; many guys, who have ability are let go after every season. No, signing these players usually will not cause a stir amongst...

Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade Rumors listed his 45 worst contracts. The local teams made the list with Luis Castillo, Hideki Matsui, and Kei Igawa. To be fair, I think Igawa is the only one that really makes me scratch my head. There was no reason, other than to match the Red Sox signing a [...]