Left- hander Daniel Castano went unclaimed on waivers and also has actually been designated outright to Triple- A Jacksonville, the group introducedThursday Castano, that was assigned for project to open up a lineup area for Johnny Cueto, will certainly remain in springtime training as a non- lineup guest.
Acquired along with Sandy Alcantara, Zac Gallen and also Magneuris Sierra in the unbalanced trade that sent out Marcell Ozuna toSt Louis, the currently- 28- year- old Castano has actually shown up with the Marlins in each of the previous 3 periods, pitching to a mixed 3.89 period over 85 2/3 innings of major league job. However, that period has actually been gone along with by a 12% strikeout price that rates as the most affordable in MLB going back to his launching (minutes. 80 innings pitched).
Castano has solid command, confirmed by a 7.5% stroll price, and also he’s prevented tough call well, producing simply an 87.6 miles per hour ordinary departure speed, a 7% barrel price and also a 35.9% tough- struck price, perStatcast Paired with a strong 44.7% ground- sphere price, he’s taken care of to discover some success also even with his absence of punchouts– although fielding- independent metrics like FIP (4.86) and also SIERA (5.28) feel he’s had his share of good luck to get to that much more powerful made run ordinary.
The enhancement of Cueto strengthened the Marlins’ turning deepness, although their succeeding trade of Pablo Lopez to the Twins thinned it back out. As such, the Marlins are certainly delighted to maintain Castano in the company. If he does not make a place on the major league lineup this springtime, he’ll head to Jacksonville and also provide the club some knowledgeable deepness to get in touch with in case of an injury. While in Triple- A, he can remain to develop the brand-new cutter that he debuted in 2022– a pitch that became his key offering this previous period. Castano located excellent success with the lend a hand the minors (26.4% strikeout price), yet those brand-new missed out on bats really did not rollover to the MLB degree for him this previous period (12.8% strikeout price).
