Wellington Castillo

[JohnBriggs12]

Kind of a surprising non-tender that would be an upgrade. Price?

[BrewCrewBlueDevil]

Norris is expected to get $4 million with one year of arbitration. Would two years and $7.5 million get it done? My guess is a Susac/Maldanado platoon in Milwaukee.

[trwi7]

Just start Susac. He's going to be 27 when the season starts. See if he can be a full time starter. If he can be, you have him under control for another 4 years after this year. No reason to be going after free agents right now.

[brewcrewdue80]

Complete Pass. What can he even accomplish for the team we don't already have for Catcher?

[adambr2]

I'm all about Susac getting most of the starts in 2017. There isn't a better year to audition him.

[reillymcshane]

Norris is expected to get $4 million with one year of arbitration. Would two years and $7.5 million get it done?

 

I think that's way low.

 

Castillo was projected to get about $6M in his final year of arby. That he wasn't tendered is a surprise.

 

Norris still has two years of arbitration - so comparing them doesn't work well. Castillo is a free agent - not bound by arby. So you need to look at free agents.

 

I would compare him more to what Jason Castro just got. Both are 29 yeas old. They are both good defenders who don't hit a ton. Castillo has averaged about 1.8 WAR per year over the last three years. Castro averaged 1.4 per year the last three years. So not to much of a difference.

 

Castro ended up with 3 years and $24M.

 

I think that was kind of a crazy high deal, but I wouldn't be shocked if Castillo got 2-3 years at $6-7M a year.

 

My only caveat is that if Castillo was worth that much, why couldn't Arizona trade him? Perhaps there's something about that guy that really drags down his value. My initial thought was perhaps there's an injury concern.

 

Of course, maybe Arizona is just being weird again. Who knows.

[Devinep]

Just give Susac and Pina their chances as big league catchers

[reillymcshane]

Castlillo got 1 years, $6M and a player option for $7M - so essentially a 2-year, $13M deal at a minimum - about what was expected. The player option is a nice protection for him.