The Mets have designated left -handed Jose Castillo For assignment, according to a club announcement. The movement makes room for the addition of Lefty Gregory Soto To the active and 40-man grilles. Soto was taken over from the Orioles on Friday.
Castillo, 29, debuted with the Padres all the way back in 2018. That smoke year saw him to a 3.29 ERA with a 2.64 FIP in 38 1/3 innings work while they hit opponents with a clip of 34.7%. It was an impressive show, but injuries and ineffectiveness limited Castillo to only three outings in the Majors in the next six seasons. He gave five points on four walks while during those trips he hit three on two innings of the work, although he placed considerable numbers at the Triple-A level with a 4.32 ERA in 125 innings work with a strike outdated percentage of 29.1% at the time.
The Lefty finally rose again this year and divided its time between the Mets and Diamondbacks. His five trips in Arizona went pretty bad, when he surrendered eight points on ten hits and three walks, while he only hit three in 6 1/3 frames, but since he came to the Mets in May, he looked much better with a 2.19 ERA and 2.76 FIP in 14 performances. Castillo has already been indicated for assignment and has dropped off in New York’s selection once this season. He will now go through the exemption process again, unless the Mets are able to work out an exchange involving him before the Trade Deadline on Thursday. If again he is not claimed remotely from a distance, he will be given the opportunity to accept an outright assignment to the small competitions of the Mets or choosing free agency, after which he would be free to sign with one of the 30 clubs of the competition with a new contract.
Replacing Castillo on the Roster is Soto who has assigned the Mets a few prospects to Baltimore to acquire. The Southpaw has a 3.96 ERA in 36 1/3 innovation work for the Orioles this year, with a strikeout percentage of 27.5% and a 3.28 FIP. A twice all-star with the Tigers in 2021 and ’22, Soto was shipped to the Phillies before the 2023 season and has since struggled during his time with Philadelphia and Baltimore, with a faint 4.53 ERA in the 2023 and ’24 seasons despite a Tide 3.63 FIP. The Mets will certainly help them to help him return to his earlier All-Star-Kaliber form, so that he can participate in the mix of late inning alongside Closer Edwin DiazBut even if Soto is little more than an average middle arm for the club, he will offer much needed depth to a bull pen that has already lost half a dozen relievers to the injured list.
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