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Nick Castellanos has gone to the media to complain about manager Rob Thomson’s communication skills. (Photo by Luke Hales\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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Yeah, Casty still isn\u2019t happy. Phillies outfielder Nick Castellanos took some shots at his manager Rob Thomson on Friday night while chatting with the media. No biggie, right? Disgruntled players air beefs all the time. <\/p>\n
But it\u2019s the timing of said shot that makes for bad optics. The Phillies are gelling right now \u2014 winning 12 of 16 \u2014 and they don\u2019t need any bad juju disrupting their \u201cwhat a gift<\/a>\u201d vibes. And they\u2019re also on the cusp of entering Red October when petty beefs should vanish for the greater good of the team. <\/p>\n The greater good, of course, is getting to the World Series and winning it. And nothing else should matter, but apparently not for Castellanos, who felt compelled to moan about his playing-time reduction. <\/p>\n His ill-timed criticism of his manager on Friday night also came after he launched his 250th career home run in a win against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Shouldn\u2019t he be celebrating the victory? Nope. Instead, he tossed a grenade on Thomson\u2019s communication skills after getting asked about the challenges of his reduced role.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t really talk to Rob all that often,” he told the media. “I play whenever he tells me to play, and then I sit whenever he tells me to sit. Communication over the years has been questionable, at least in my experience. But also, I grew up communicating with somebody like my father which was really blunt and consistent.”<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the full post-game dissing of Thomson:<\/p>\n Something to highlight in the interview, Castellanos said one good (i.e. unselfish) thing: \u201cI\u2019m here to do whatever I can to make sure that Philadelphia wins a World Series ring. So whatever role that looks like, just do the best I can with that.\u201d Oh, why didn\u2019t he stop there? Instead, his unselfishness got lost in his stew of complaints. <\/p>\n On Saturday, Thomson and Castellanos met before the Phillies took on the Diamondbacks. Then Thomson followed up with reporters, taking the proverbial high road as he often does. \u201cI met with him today and I thought it was really productive,\u201d the manager said<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m not going to get into specifics of what we talked about, but I thought it was good.\u201d<\/p>\n Thomson addressed Castellanos dissing his communication skills.<\/p>\n \u201cAs far as the communication part of it, not only Nick, if anybody else in that clubhouse doesn\u2019t think that I\u2019m communicating enough with them, I\u2019m probably not and I\u2019ve got to do a better job at it,\u201d Thomson said said. \u201cThat\u2019s just being accountable. But there\u2019s two ways of communicating and that door is always open. I\u2019m not a mind reader; I can\u2019t tell the future and I\u2019m not a mind reader. I urge players, I want players to come in here and tell me what\u2019s on their mind. Obviously, I have to do a better job. If a guy\u2019s frustrated, I want him to come in here.\u201d<\/p>\n This pattern is getting old \u2014 Castellanos griping over something and Thomson left to explain himself. In June, Castellanos got benched for one game for an “inappropriate” comment<\/a> after Thomson took him out for a defensive replacement. Then, last month, Castellanos gave \u201cthe-best-I-can<\/a>\u201d response when asked how he\u2019s handling the new outfield rotation in which he only starts against lefties.<\/p>\n So, hopefully, the latest round of Castellanos\u2019 griping is the last one. But a pattern has been established, so it probably isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nick Castellanos has gone to the media to complain about manager Rob Thomson’s communication skills. 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