He had a rough year 1 debut in Philly last season, but holy shit Nick Castellanos is absolutely tearing it up this season, especially in June. Living up to that contract now.

In June: .379/.417/.621 (1.038 OPS), 5 HR, 21 RBI

How he's not in the All-Star convo is beyond me.

This post was edited by Sixers on Jun 28 2023 09:49pm

Won 18 of their last 23 games

God damn Braves and Marlins have been on fire too though

That's funny you mention that, because MLB just did an article of outstanding play in June, and guess who wasn't mentioned? Maybe they don't celebrate mediocrity.

Also phils are paying that dude 25m a year. You know who else is doing the same thing is for a lot less than 25m? Mickey moniak, phils first round pick from 2016. Who was traded for syndergaard. How'd that work out btw? Oh right you're celebrating paying a guy 25m a year to do the same job.

Castillanos is worthy every penny now, he's living up to his contract finally after disappointing last season. With him playing this way the lineup is so good (on paper at least), combined with Harper, Turner, Schwarber, Realmuto, Bohm, Stott, and Marsh? It's a shame Rhyse Hoskins was lost for the season, another 30/100 bat mixed in would have been pretty nasty.

Unfortunately Turner is the one now not living up to his contract. He's a top 10 player and had a pretty ugly start to his career in Philly (got the boo treatment from the fans). He's slowly turning it around and I'm sure will get back to form the same way Castillanos has, but damn it would be nice if everyone could get going at the same time.

Moniak is having quite the season though in LA. Good for him, i always liked him. We also have a former top prospect from the Angel's, Brandon Marsh, who is thriving in Philly and is a fan favorite 😊

This post was edited by Sixers on Jun 30 2023 07:08pm

Since you're here, can we talk about how the Angels are wasting two of the greatest players ever?

We got o'hoppe for marsh, not mad about that one, he coulda won ROTY had he not got hurt.

And I really don't see how he's worth every penny. Look at his career numbers, he's never been a high average guy, or an on base guy. His career obp is 19 points higher than what his BA is right now.. so if they hired him for power and rbis, good luck with that, he will never hit more than 25hrs again, and he'll be lucky to hit 20 this year at his current pace. So I really don't know what the Phillies are actually paying him to do.

I'll talk about shohei and trout and the angels after you can actually tell me what the Phillies are paying him 25m a year to do.

Are we talking about the same player here? You do realize in 2021 with Cincinnati, the season before he joined the Phillies, Castellanos hit .309/.362/.576 and a .939 OPS with 34 HR's and 100 RBI, right? All-Star and Silver Slugger that season. Also, you say he doesn't hit high average? He's hitting .290 over the past 5 years (since 2018).

Look at what he's doing this season (just mashed another 411 foot homer like 30 min ago fyi). He's leading the Phillies in Batting Average, RBI's, Runs Created, Doubles, SLG, OPS, and second in HR's to only the reigning NL HR champ Kyle Schwarber. So yeah....that's what they're paying him for. He should be an All-Star without question, he's having a great season and looks every bit like the player they wanted when they signed him.

Also FYI - They're paying him $20M a season, not $25M. They signed him to a 5 year/$100M contract. His salary this season isn't even top 50 MLB....safe to say he's well worth it 😉

This post was edited by Sixers on Jul 1 2023 03:54pm

There's like almost 800 ppl on an MLB roster rn, and 1200 on the 40 man, and your argument was 'not even in the top 50' lol.

Yes? $20M isn't shit though for all-star caliber production lol. Why are you acting like he's on monster contract? It's odd that he's the player you choose to pick on, in a season where he's like the Phillies best player so far lol. He's exceeding $20M production this season (after failing to do so last year).

Phillies have Turner on a $300M contract, Harper on a $330M contract, and Realmuto on a $115M contract. But you choose Castellanos to pick on? 🤔