CF Rusney Castillo - Red Sox (Wii)

AgentP · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2014 5:16 pm

He just signed a big contract with the Red Sox: 6 years/$72 million

What does everyone think his abilities should be? I'd like to be the first to make him.

I'm thinking

Trajectory 2 or 3
Contact E or D
Power C?
Run Speed B?
Arm Strength D?
Fielding C or D
E Res D or E

The Fangraphs article I linked to has some good stuff on him. Feedback would be much appreciated!

dishnet34 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2014 5:21 pm

Here's my take on Castillo (who really should've signed with the Tigers, because we need him more than they do, plus they suck, anyway I digress...)

I've seen reports where he sounds like a more powerful Brett Gardner, and that he had "surprising" power in his workouts. He usually get signed pretty darned early in OOTP, and most of the sims I have have him in his first season around a .260-.270 average, so a Low D contact would be what I would do, along with High D-Low C power. Trajectory should probably be around a 2.

As for defense, his run speed is pretty good where it is, and I think for the rest of it, it should be all Ds, except for the Fielding, which should be a C.

AgentP · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2014 5:26 pm

dishnetkid wrote:

Here's my take on Castillo (who really should've signed with the Tigers, because we need him more than they do, plus they suck, anyway I digress...)

I've seen reports where he sounds like a more powerful Brett Gardner, and that he had "surprising" power in his workouts. He usually get signed pretty darned early in OOTP, and most of the sims I have have him in his first season around a .260-.270 average, so a Low D contact would be what I would do, along with High D-Low C power. Trajectory should probably be around a 2.

As for defense, his run speed is pretty good where it is, and I think for the rest of it, it should be all Ds, except for the Fielding, which should be a C.

so, just to clarify, something like 2/8/130/12/8/11/9?

any special abilities?

dishnet34 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2014 5:28 pm

Special abilities? Not quite sure on that, since we have little to go on from his playing days in Cuba, and he hasn't appeared in the bigs yet.

SkittleMonster · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2014 5:29 pm

dishnetkid wrote:

Here's my take on Castillo (who really should've signed with the Tigers, because we need him more than they do, plus they suck, anyway I digress...)

Do you wanna be murdered? Because that's how you get murdered

(I dunno if anyone knows the reference)

detroittigers15 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2014 8:37 pm

Archer?

.260-.270 is probably a high D in today's pitcher friendly MLB, and if he's got more power than Brett Gardner I'd definitely go with at least a C, perhaps a low B.

AgentP · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2014 8:44 pm

so what I'm thinking now is something like

TRJ 2
CON 9 (D)
PWR 130 (C)
SPD 12 (B)
ARM 8/9 (D)
FLD 11 (C)
ERES 8/9 (D)

with no specials

thanks to everyone who has put in suggestions so far!

aar0nat0r · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2014 10:04 pm

.260-.270 is an 8, not a 9 fyi

robhallett · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2014 11:43 pm

Maybe GD IF hitter? I would even consider lowering his contact by 1 down from 8 and/or giving him timely whiff as he is an aggressive hitter. There are reports that he may even be better suited to LF with his arm strength.

AgentP · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2014 8:29 am

robhallett wrote:

Maybe GD IF hitter? I would even consider lowering his contact by 1 down from 8 and/or giving him timely whiff as he is an aggressive hitter. There are reports that he may even be better suited to LF with his arm strength.

He's played all over the field - center field, right field, second base, and third base if I remember right. I might give him 2B and either 3B or RF as a second position but don't see anything that says he played any left field (which is strange, with his average arm/solid range).

GD IF Hitter is a possibility. I don't know about Timely Whiff as I may or may not have the required 80 scout eval by the 3rd or 4th game (after which I would need to start intentionally striking out)

robhallett · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2014 9:45 am

You can get timely whiff at Siitch's first water exercise. If you guess intentionally wrong you can get timely whiff, but you may need to S/L.

robhallett · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2014 9:46 am

I only thought timely whiff due to his aggressive batting tendencies. GD IF hitter was to address his speed on the base paths.

AgentP · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2014 10:30 am

robhallett wrote:

I only thought timely whiff due to his aggressive batting tendencies. GD IF hitter was to address his speed on the base paths.

Yeah, I know he's an aggressive hitter - too bad you can't get that ability in '08 success...

By the first exercise are you referring to the "alter ego" event? And if so, do I have to guess wrong on the first try (as in, I can't get any right?)

Eric Davis 44 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 25, 2014 2:44 pm

If you really want Agg Htr, etc, you can always edit Justin Upton. Both players were born in 1987, about three months apart. Of course, an edited Castillo would be making a lot less money than a Success Castillo...

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