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Can people lay off Castillo yet?

I need to open up this fanpost addressing a certain something that drives me so insane that I can't write about anything else.

JOSE CASTILLO IS THIRD ON THE TEAM IN WALKS. Anyone who says "He can't take a walk" is just living off whatever the scouting report said. He has learned to take walks. He doesn't get into 0-2 counts more than any other player. He just doesn't. I don't see where people are getting this information based on his time with the Giants. It doesn't add up.

He has 6 errors this season. Brian Bocock, who is supposedly Vizquel reincarnated, has 4.

He's hitting .259, Pedro Feliz did that how many times as a Giant? ONCE. In 2004, he hit .276.

I also take issue with the people who took issue with Feliz as a Giant. Yeah, he hit for a low average and struck out a lot. But he was a legitimate 20 homer guy with an excellent glove. I'll take that any day.

I think the lack of impact hitters in this lineup makes everyone worse, as a jose castillo is looked upon to BE an impact hitter. On any other team, Castillo is a pretty  darn good 8th hitter. On the Giants, he hits 6th, 2nd, or some other place that makes him look sub-par, when he is actually an average player.

Thoughts? I'd like to hear from FairweatherFan about Castillo, and I'd love to hear from Grant about Feliz.

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

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