{"id":317745,"date":"2025-12-01T04:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T04:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/317745\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T04:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T04:35:08","slug":"mets-pitcher-leaving-mlb-to-sign-contract-in-japans-npb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/317745\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets pitcher leaving MLB to sign contract in Japan&#8217;s NPB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/mlb\/new-york-mets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Mets<\/a> didn&#8217;t appear too interested in bringing back Jose Castillo for next season.<\/p>\n<p>Castillo has taken that decision out of their hands.<\/p>\n<p>The left-handed pitcher is leaving MLB to sign in Japan&#8217;s NPB with the Chiba Lotte Marines.<\/p>\n<p>The Mets non-tendered Castillo earlier in November.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/ncaa-football\/news\/yale-bulldogs-complete-insane-historic-comeback-fcs-playoffs-debut-ivy-league-change\/719fab69a62bb100854db866\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Yale completes an insane, historic comeback in FCS Playoffs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Castillo had a wild 2025 and is looking for a bit of stability.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, he pitched for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/mlb\/arizona-diamondbacks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/mlb\/seattle-mariners\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Mariners<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/mlb\/baltimore-orioles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore Orioles<\/a> and the Mets.<\/p>\n<p>Castillo did do a solid job. He had a 3.94 ERA in 32 innings pitched.<\/p>\n<p>Amazingly, Castillo was with the Mets on three different occasions.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/pittsburgh-steelers\/news\/steelers-aaron-rodgers-colts-daniel-jones-playing-broken-bones-week-13\/01605d1b01a7f04a8b9fabc3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A<\/a><a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/cleveland-browns\/news\/espn-adam-schefter-blasted-shedeur-sanders-news-browns-qb-future\/057b2292e8837079d30f7934\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dam Schefter blasted for framing of latest Shedeur Sanders news<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before this season, Castillo has pitched for the Padres in four other MLB campaigns. He has also missed time in the past with Tommy John surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Castillo has a 4.11 ERA in his MLB career and should be effective in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>He may get a chance to come back stateside eventually, but for now, he&#8217;ll see what he can do in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>More news:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Mets didn&#8217;t appear too interested in bringing back Jose Castillo for next season. Castillo has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-317745","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}