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Source: Welington Castillo to #WhiteSox.

 

EDIT: Can someone please adjust the thread title, I accidentally added an extra "L" in Welington.

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Source: Welington Castillo to #WhiteSox.

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Castillo's pitch-framing numbers got a lot better last year, making him more attractive. Still kind of surprising as an in-between move for a White Sox team still rebuilding. Doubt it's just a one-year deal.

Not a bad fit. I like having another major league level catcher. How is his defense and framing?

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Welington Castillo deal with #WhiteSox is for two years with club option, source tells The Athletic.

Wow, that’s surprising. I thought he was a bad defender/framer, which if true would make me not like this move. We don’t really need offense from the catcher’s spot next year.

Ken Rosenthal‏Verified account @Ken_Rosenthal 3m3 minutes ago Welington Castillo deal with #WhiteSox is for two years with club option, source tells The Athletic.

 

 

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Castillo's pitch-framing numbers got a lot better last year, making him more attractive. Still kind of surprising as an in-between move for a White Sox team still rebuilding. Doubt it's just a one-year deal.

Well that’s good to know!

Beef Welington!

Goodbye Smith

Due to the misspelling, my thread shouldve gone over this one. I bat a goddam 1000 dammit.

Off the top of my head and if I sound like a moron I apologize but is he better than the two guys we had last year?

Interesting -- didn't see that coming.

Also, as a point of context, he turned a $7M option for 2018, so I’d expect something like 2/$18M and maybe a bit more.

All he could get was 2 years with an option?

Off the top of my head and if I sound like a moron I apologize but is he better than the two guys we had last year?

Better than both for sure. Narvaez is at least solid at getting on base and he should be the backup, but Castillo brings better framing/defense (not great, but still a step up) and better offense.

I trust catcher WAR the least of any positon, but he put up a 2.7 number last year. If the framing actually improved, this could be a nice little signing and help with the transition to Collins (hopefully). And Castillo is only 30 years old, feels like he’s been around forever.

He threw out 49% of attempted basestealers last year, tops in the AL.

Can't hurt, just wonder if he is flipped at deadline or here to win in '19 and beyond

He threw out 49% of attempted basestealers last year, tops in the AL.

Combine that with improved framing and a 113 wRC+ and he’s basically the best catcher in baseball (mostly joking). But seriously I’m really feeling this move upon further analysis. Adding a veteran catcher was the one area I really to invest in this offseason.

Due to the misspelling, my thread shouldve gone over this one. I bat a goddam 1000 dammit.

 

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I'm not really sure what it signifies but it's a good signing. Led AL in throwing out runners last year and dramatically improved his framing ability and he's a good defender too. Hit 20 homers in 365 plate appearances as well. 113 wRC+, .344 wOBA, .208 ISO. Nice signing.

One big positive is that it allows us time to not rush Collins and Zavala.

I like it. Can package Smith or Narvaez in a trade, since they held their own withe bat

Due to the misspelling, my thread shouldve gone over this one. I bat a goddam 1000 dammit.

If you ain't first you're last lol

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