Frank Castillo pitching tomorrow

[rferry]

Dave Van Horn just announced it.

 

Don't know about this move. I trust Castillo, but don't think he's much better than Kensing. And I really don't think it's worth sending down a player (Aguila? Dillon? Kensing? Bump?) for.

[farmer_fran]

Well has he been called up yet? because we may need Kensing in this game the way Leiter is pitching.

[Flamarlins3]

Has to be Kensing that will be sent down.

 

I don't mind the move. He's as good an option as anyone else really.

[rferry]

DVH said the roster move will be made after the game.

 

We may need Kensing and all the bullpen arms we have tomorrow too. That's why I mentioned Aguila and Dillon.

 

 

Hmm... could AJ be going to the DL?

[MarlinFan10]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[Miami 305]

Kensing is not ready for the majors..... i think it was a good idea to bring up Castillo...and then keep him in the bullpen after he makes the start

[AJBurnett34]

DVH said the roster move will be made after the game.

 

We may need Kensing and all the bullpen arms we have tomorrow too. That's why I mentioned Aguila and Dillon.

 

 

Hmm... could AJ be going to the DL?

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We dont know yet, he is throwing tommorow a bit then throw pen on saturday, depends how he feels though.

[MarlinsFan253]

Castillo comes up, Kensing goes down. If they send Dillon down, I might have to get angry.

[PBMarlin]

Castillo comes up, Kensing goes down. If they send Dillon down, I might have to get angry.

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Don't look for Dillon to go anywhere with the start he's had in the bigs so far. We need that power bat off the bench.

 

After tonight look for Kensing to be sent back down to AA.

[Accord]

Kensing should not be allowed on a major league mound for at least the next year.

[WildMarlinMan2003]

Castillo for Kensing great move!

[strandedx02]

Like I said earlier--this is exactly the type of situation we brought Castillo in for, so that we don't have to give spot starts to Kensing, Bazardo, or whoever that is probably not ML-ready yet. Hopefully he can step in and give a decent performance and keep us in the game.

[QuickGold]

Ugh, this has 2004 written all over it. Not that there's really a better alternative, but when we send out these spot starters, it makes me cringe.

[PSLMARLIN]

Logan Kensing could very easily be a great MLB pitcher , he has great stuff , strong arm , his location needs a little work ....he has one huge problem that I have noticed, he allows the hitter to see the ball much too soon . If you notice in his motion he will pull the ball out of the glove alot earlier than most of our other pitchers allowing the batter to see the ball alot sooner than normal. Like I said this kid has the right stuff , he just needs to hide the ball longer in his motion . If he gets that down your going to see a very dominate pitcher.

[legacyofCangelosi]

Castillo is what we didnt have last year. I dont know how he'll do, but i have more faith in a man thats started 300 major league games, albeit hes mediocre at best, than relying on a converted relief pitcher or an unproven minor leaguer. And before anyone mentions dtrain in 03, he came in b/c we really were out of options considering that burnett, beckett, and redman had all gotten hurt, and we had already called up phelps and levrault to spot start

[RockyMountainMarlin]

Give him a chance. Look at what that Braves kid Davies is doing after sucking in the minors.

[rferry]

We had a healthy supply of 6th starters in past years. In 2003, in addition to the regular five (Pavano-Penny-Redman-Beckett-Burnett), Michael Tejera was coming off a promising dozen-and-a-half starts and some young arms coming up through the system. In 2004, the club went out and got Darren Oliver for close to $1M to be the 5th starter until AJ Burnett got back. In addition, one of our top pitching prospects Justin Wayne had come off a rough ML stint and there were other arms available, such as Tommy Phelps who was effective filling in.

 

They didn't all work out for the best, but you can't say the club was unprepared. I thought Castillo's pickup was a great move. Few others did, because it came so soon and there were bigger names out there. But I don't have any more confidence in him than any of those in the past or Kensing or Bazardo or any one else. They're all good pitchers. Their pasts mean nothing. Their futures mean very little right now.

[Snake Eyes]

i think castillo will do fine cause he knows what it's like to pitch in the show. if he can give us 5inn. and keep it under 3 runs i'll be a happy fan

[FreshFish]

Lets put it this way, I'll be praying for the Marlins and Castillo

 

Does this guy have a deceptive release or something?