Comments on: Alex Castellanos

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Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:13:32 +0000

[...] Future Redbirds (from April 2011) Looking at the stats, it is pretty clear what type of player Castellanos is so far in his career. He will swing for the fences and is happy to go down swinging while trying. He will not try to work a walk and his OBP will not be much more than his AVG. But when he hits the ball it will go very far and he has the ability to stretch a single into a double and double into a triple which helps his slugging numbers. Once on base, he also has dangerous speed to steal bases at will. Castellanos is an intriguing prospect based on his power and speed numbers, but will need to cut down on the strikeouts and add some walks to really push his prospect status to the next level. [...]

By: Gabe Cas

Gabe Cas — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:01:07 +0000

Castellanos is a unique combination of power and speed. Bottomline. Hes definitley going to open eyes. The best baseball is in front of him and hes definitely driven by a different “force”. Looking forward to seeing this kid produce at the big league level.

By: Lou Schuler

Lou Schuler — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:44:00 +0000

I’d really like to see what Greene could do in MLB with consistent playing time. In 2009 in Memphis, he hit .291/.369/.482, with 15 HR and 31 steals in 34 attempts.

The AAA numbers were down slightly last year, and I don’t know if that’s an effect of rusting on the MLB bench, or if he peaked in ’09.

He’s 27 now, so this would be about the time you’d expect him to be at his physical peak as a ballplayer.

By: Tackle Box

Tackle Box — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:27:52 +0000

except Castellanos looks like he cares.

By: Indiana Cardinal

Indiana Cardinal — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:27:41 +0000

……as Greene hits a homerun and raises his slugging percentage to about the midpoint between Albert and Holliday.

By: dave barry

dave barry — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:49:13 +0000

I’d like to hear a little more about raniel rosario and John Rodriguez if you plan on doing any more of these.

By: stretch

stretch — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:28:19 +0000

Sounds kind of like Juan Encarnacion.

By: CARDS BASEBALL FAN

CARDS BASEBALL FAN — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:12:49 +0000

Great article Jeff. I like what I see and I am on the Castellanos bandwagon. He has definately been underrated. My personal opinion is he should of been on the top 40 list last year.
Yes, his K’s are high but he can hit and when he does its for power and extra bases. In Palm Beach he had 35 doubles, 13 HR in pitcher friendly field thats incredible. He’s definately turning heads. I hear he’s considered one of the best outfielders out there at present, others say he can play infield as well. He has good coaching in AA so hopefully they can work with him on his k’s.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:35:02 +0000

Greene unfortunately is on teh farthest edge of the bench and probably won’t get any time this year.

By: Tackle Box

Tackle Box — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:58:48 +0000

except that Greene has showed virtually no power since arriving to the bigs. and this disappoints me.