#jose-castillo

#jose-castillo

He saw big league action for four different teams (the Diamondbacks, Mets, Mariners, and Orioles) while compiling a 3.94 ERA over 32 innings. Beginning the season on a minor league deal with Arizona, Castillo was designated for assignment in May and then traded to the Mets, and he subsequently bounced around on a series of waiver claims. Castillo actually had three separate stints with the Mets, with the latest coming in early November when he was claimed off Baltimore's waiver wire.

Had Helsley done his job perfectly Wednesday afternoon and nothing else about the game he entered at Comerica Park had been different from what it was, the Mets would have still lost, albeit by fewer runs. But Helsley did not do his job perfectly. He came into the seventh inning of a one-run game - Tigers 3 Mets 2 - and proceeded to give up a leadoff single, a walk, then a three-run homer to Kerry Carpenter.

The Mets delayed promoting a built-up Dedniel Núñez from Triple-A Syracuse, wanting his call-up to signal permanence rather than an interchangeable arm in the majors.