December 11, 200322 yr The board is about 50-50 on whether Ramon can be THE catcher i was doing some research and here are some solid facts and stats to make an educated opinion with... Ramon Castro Born March 1st 1976 Height 6'3" Weight 225 Bats R Throws R Drafted 1st round #17 overall by Houston in 1994 Acquired: From the Houston Astros on 7/5/98 for Jay Powell looking at his career stats from the minors and majors he has never played more than 115 games but we all know Redmond should play vs any left handed starter so 100 games would be fine. i am not big on minor league stats from lower than AAA so i will only list those if you want the rest of his low minors #s here is a link for you http://www.sports-wired.com/players/profile.asp?ID=1147&T=12 1999 at the age of 23 AAA Calgary 97g 349ab 90h .258avg 22doubles 15 HR 61 rbi 24bb 64k 2000 at age 24 AAA Calgary 67g 218ab 73h .335avg 22doubles 14 HR 45 rbi 16bb 38k 2001 at age 25 AAA Calgary 108g 390ab 131h .336avg 33doubles 27 HR 90 rbi 38bb 74k and he hasnt been back to the minors since BUT he has only 370 career MLB at bats. Career MLB 175g 370ab 86h .232avg 14doubles 15 HR 45 rbi 45bb 86k now that we have the facts lets get some opinions... :thumbup
December 11, 200322 yr For what is worth, this is what he is currently doing on the PR Winter League c/o http://www.ebaseballpr.com/ Castro, Ramon,C Avg .259 Games 18 AB 58 R 7 H 15 2b 1 3b 0 HR 4 RBI 13 BB 6 SO 10 Slg .483 OBP .338 E 0 He apears to be injured or benched, since he had only one AB in the last 5 or 7 games. btw, Justine Wayne pitched yesterday on the PR Winter league 3 IP, .000 ERA
December 12, 200322 yr I don't think Castro can take the punishment of a full season behind the plate yet. Projecting his numbers is a futile thing to do. I think the prospect of the Redmond/Castro platoon will be fine because neither will need to catch a tremendous amount of games behind the plate.
December 12, 200322 yr but we all know Redmond should play vs any left handed starter Look at the splits and get back to me on that. :thumbup
December 12, 200322 yr Author ok Wild Card i would do that BUT im lazy... can you please explain yourself for me instead?
December 12, 200322 yr ok Wild Card i would do that BUT im lazy... can you please explain yourself for me instead? Pulling a Wild Card, eh? Ramon Castro against LHP AVG. .409 OBP. .435 SLG. .864 OPS 1.299
December 12, 200322 yr Author ok Wild Card i would do that BUT im lazy... can you please explain yourself for me instead? Pulling a Wild Card, eh? Ramon Castro against LHP AVG. .409 OBP. .435 SLG. .864 OPS 1.299 over how many ABs are those stats from? and NO i would never "pull a Wild Card"
December 12, 200322 yr Still we have seen Red hit more against lefties than Castro. I feel better putting Redmond against lefties....
December 12, 200322 yr Author Still we have seen Red hit more against lefties than Castro. I feel better putting Redmond against lefties.... thats exactly what i am talking about, Ramon can hit BUT he has 370mlb at bats Red has proven that he can hit lefties...
December 12, 200322 yr ok Wild Card i would do that BUT im lazy... can you please explain yourself for me instead? Pulling a Wild Card, eh? Ramon Castro against LHP AVG. .409 OBP. .435 SLG. .864 OPS 1.299 over how many ABs are those stats from? 22 of 53 total AB's
December 12, 200322 yr Author that is not alot to judge by... anyway no catcher plays every day so we might as well ust the righty/lefty platoon
December 12, 200322 yr Then again, Castro's whole career is not a lot to judge by. Castro can handle a whole season of catching - if not now, then when? Still, we keep Red and platoon them - 4 days for Castro, 3 for Red. Maybe that is too high, perhaps 5 and 2, respectively. Castro can hit. That is for sure. How well...we will see. I am more interested in his handling of the pitchers and his defensive presence - we will see those too.
December 12, 200322 yr Anyone knows what's going on with Ramon Castro? He hasn't played in a week Are games being played? If so, who's catching if not Ramon?
December 12, 200322 yr Anyone knows what's going on with Ramon Castro? He hasn't played in a week Are games being played? If so, who's catching if not Ramon? Yes, games are being played. E. Cruz and M. Rivera are currently Catching for the Santurce team. My guess is that Castro is injured, he had 1 AB as a pinch hitter in the last week. I hope he didn't get benched for sucking.
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