twins/mlb

Good, now don't mess with this guy by moving him around every other day. He is an excellent 2nd baseman, but a shaky shortstop. He also is more clutch than most of the Twins. If he stayed healthy for a year I see 280, 5 home runs, 25 stolen bases.

Casilla, just another name in the Twins organization that screams mediocrity.

Doubles his salary with THAT performance last year??? Really???

LaVelle missed Casilla's quote 'Baseball been berry berry good to me'.

"Doubles his salary with THAT performance last year??? Really???" What was wrong with that performance aside from a bad April? Higher OPS than most of the rest of the team while playing good D at 2nd and delivering the only clutch hits on the team. He sparked our team in June and was steadily raising his average til he got hurt. He is gonna have a good year. Say dislike all you want so I can point back to it in August.

ITA with first commenter. Let Casilla see some consistency in his position on the field and in the lineup. This constant shuffling by "Gardy" as if ALL positions are interchangeable drives me crazy. Last year you saw the results of an infield comprised of catchers, outfielders, and everyone else playing out of position. And it wasn't pretty.

I am sorry, This bench player is not due a raise. In fact, has the game gotten so watered down that this is the best a team can do for a 2nd baseman? Did the pro Casilla folks not read the entire article? It stated that Casilla has not played in more than 98 games in a season. Part of the reason he plays so few games is that he plays himself out of positions that are given to him. And he plays himself out of these assignments by a) not hitting for avg or power b)drifting off into some other world while he is in the field. Last seasons Twins were terrible and Casillas inability to seize the opportunity of a position in the field that was basically given to him was a part of that. This seasons team looks like it will have a number of question marks and yet Casilla is just given another position again.Is there so much money in the game and the Twins coffers right now that a player such as Casilla, whose numbers wouldn't even get him a look at the majors twenty years ago, get a raise that makes him a millionaire? It seems to me that if the ballclub is cutting the budget that giving raises to numbers like these is somewhat inconsistent. Couldn't the Twins find somewhat comparable numbers in a utility guy that would play way more games for a lot less. Maybe, maybe not. It will be worth watching to see how long it takes for Casilla to lose his position this season. Of course if this years team begins to mirror last years team it will be of no loss to let him play as long as he is healthy.

How many times does he need to get another chance. It's not like they have switched him from outfield to catching to pitching. There have been many other decent players that could switch positions without much issue. If the farm system is this depleted that they had to keep him around, they are really in for a long season, or two, or three, or?

Obviously the current state of the economy doesn't effect middle of the road utility men. He may even qualify for unemployment given the amount of time he misses