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Phil Rogers Pimping For Castillo
The Trib Oracle seems to believe Luis Castillo is the one who will solve many ills for the Cubs, including moving Milton Bradley:
He’s been a fall guy with the Mets since dropping the pop up that cost them a game against the Yankees last season. Omar Minaya, the Mets’ GM, would like to trade him to create room to add a free-agent second baseman, with Orlando Hudson high on his list. Yet Castillo did hit .302 with a .387 on-base percentage last year. He had more walks (69) than strikeouts (58) for the third straight season. He stole 20 bases.
A switch hitter who is better from the left side, he fits the Cubs’ long-term plans nicely. He could split second with Ryan Theriot once the fast-rising Starlin Castro has been installed at shortstop, which could be as soon as the middle of 2010. Hendry is working to get him.
In this scenario that Rogers is concocting, other teams need to get involved to take Bradley from the Cubs and take on salary and take blood oaths and whatnot. The upshot: The Cubs would be paying $10 million a year for Castillo, once Bradley’s salary is eaten.
That is bad, bad idea.
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