4.33 places him 39th out of 53 pitchers with 450+ IP since 2018.
He's 63 out of 100 with 350+ IP. I guess that's close to average. Also, close to bottom third tier.
Oh, I get how we get to yes.
I see Houck as a possible great closer for 5 years, but I'm all about top end SP'ing.
Yes, Castillo's control bothers me, but he has a nice K rate and the 7.7 Hits per 9 is nice.
It's certainly based on some big assumptions for a pitcher about to turn 29 and with 2 years of control left.
We were able to extend Pedro. I'm not Castillo will, or if it's worth extending him.
The kid has a lot of talent and has shown he can pitch, though.
Last 3 yrs:
131 ERA+
3.56 FIP
I think we'd have to take on a sunken contract to get Castillo without giving up any of these 4.
Moustakas makes more sense, because he can play 2B.
I doubt Cincy gives up Castillo without getting at least one of our "big 4." (I'd say Whitlock makes it the big 5.)
BTV called this a "moderate overpay" by the Sox:
Duran, Downs & Groome
for
Castillo, Moustakas and Akiyama (another salary dump who plays OF)
I was a Brewer fan when they traded Tommy Harper, and others, to the Sox. Harper was my favorite player, and it was then that I switched to being a Sox fan. (My family had just moved from near Count Stadium in Milwaukee to Maine that summer.