said<\/a>. \u201cSo the question becomes okay, who wants him? The Padres are looking for a right-handed bat and they’re looking for one that would be inexpensive and Castellanos has been taking ground balls and training somewhat at first base, which is a position they’re trying to fill. That is one possibility.\u201d<\/p>\nAdvertisement<\/p>\n
Considering Dave Dombrowski has made it publicly known that he won\u2019t be on the roster, it doesn\u2019t put the Phillies in a good spot, but it\u2019s part of the game. At this point, the conversation isn\u2019t about whether a trade will happen, as it\u2019s about which team will get him and what the return will be.<\/p>\n
San Diego makes some sense if it wants to continue to compete, though reports stated that it wanted to shed payroll.<\/p>\n
The Padres are searching for help offensively amid an offseason dealing with financial issues. They need production, but at a manageable cost. Castellanos, whose contract will run out after the year, is making $20 million in 2026.<\/p>\n
Castellanos taking ground balls at first base is an interesting talking point. The Padres have a hole there, and even if he\u2019s really bad defensively, there\u2019s reason to believe he can be OK at first base.<\/p>\n
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For the Phillies, moving Castellanos isn\u2019t about talent alone, but his comments and just flat-out average play in recent years can only be ignored for so much longer. By moving on, the Phillies would trade someone who has become a distraction and allow the roster to play the way Rob Thomson wants them to.<\/p>\n
If Castellanos rebounds offensively and finds comfort at first base, the move would look rough, but I\u2019d be willing to take that gamble if I\u2019m the Phillies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nick Castellanos\u2019 time in Philadelphia is nearing its end, and while landing spots are tough to find, it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[61188,39188,363,5530,2085,8894,7155,2328,99],"class_list":["post-432027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-dave-dombrowski","tag-ken-rosenthal","tag-mlb","tag-nick-castellanos","tag-philadelphia","tag-phillies","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}