OT: Castillo or Beavan?

by Beverly23 on May 21, 2008 11:41 AM CDT Comment 25 comments

Assuming the great Shroom's schedule holds true for the next couple of weeks, the Clinton Rotation for the period I am looking at is going to go Castillo, Holland, Beavan. I'm planning on catching a couple of their games and can either do Castillo/Holland (most convenient) or Holland/Beavan. Which would be better?

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tough choice

i’d be tempted to see beavan and holland.

but castillo is interesting, especially since i really havent read that too many people have seen him.

"When we're mad we'll use our words. Then the rest of the world will play nice with us. And the only boom-booms will be in our pants." - Ralph Wiggum

by rentz on May 21, 2008 11:52 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

very tough choice

but I think I agree with rentz. Most people have only seen numbers on Castillo and a real live look at him would be very interesting. Besides I get the feeling more than a few things will be said and heard about Beavan.

by Hull Fan on May 21, 2008 12:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

By then, it might be Castillo, Main, Beavan.

What would you do then?

by rooster on May 21, 2008 1:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Main

If he is there, I’d make sure I see him pitch if I could. Is he likely to be activated soon?

Thanks everyone for their input…I am leaning towards seeing Beavan I think…I want to see if he is as cool as Kasey.

Oh, and I guess I could see all 3 Inkara, but only if I skip going to the RedHawks game and I’m not sure if I want to do that.

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For old times sake...C'mon Kelly! :-)

by Beverly23 on May 21, 2008 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd vote Beavan probably

Be interested to hear about his mound demeanor, velocity, pace, arm recoil, base-runner-holding ability, response to tribulation, etc.

I’d vote Neil Ramirez, too if he magically appears during your trip.

In about 3 weeks Clinton plays DH’s on back-to-back days. That would be a real good time to have Main or Ramirez show up – Micucci will need extra arms.

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by shroomer on May 21, 2008 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

4 games

in two days? Wow. Starters need to do well. Is that from all that weather in April?

...and curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git.

by t ball on May 21, 2008 5:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, make-up games

One of the DH’s is a day/night affair – which means 9-inning games instead of the normal 7-innings. And the third day they have a 2:00 game – doh!

BTW, TR has an article up saying Ramirez and Main shouldn’t be expected until mid-June – which coincides pretty nicely with this cluster-header. Of course, it also coincides with the beginning of the 2nd half of the MWL season. So, we’ll see.

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by shroomer on May 21, 2008 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can't you find a way to go to all three games?

by Inkara1 on May 21, 2008 1:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Please

give us a full report when you get back.

...and curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git.

by t ball on May 21, 2008 1:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

+1

by coolaid on May 21, 2008 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

castillo

isn’t his hype on this board almost completely driven by Z? go holland, beavan. doubt it would even be a question if you asked minorleagueball.com

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by ab03 on May 21, 2008 1:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

+1

"When I am pissed off, I get angry." - Miles 5/06/08

by Chase Irwin on May 21, 2008 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Z is ahead of the curve, likely

I trust his opinion more than 99.9% of the posters on Sickels’ site. Most Latin signings aren’t talked about as much as draft picks or if they’re not Yankee or Red Sox signings.

...and curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git.

by t ball on May 21, 2008 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

latin players

i go to Z for all my 16yr old latin player information

"When we're mad we'll use our words. Then the rest of the world will play nice with us. And the only boom-booms will be in our pants." - Ralph Wiggum

by rentz on May 21, 2008 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That came out a bit awkward

by Telegraph on May 21, 2008 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

it's a running joke

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by ab03 on May 21, 2008 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

latin players are talked about

about as much as they need to be, given that they are 16-17 and the only thing you have to go on is that they have live fastballs. Not that Beavan has a track record but he’s pitched pretty well this year. That being said, Castillo looked pretty good in his first start too.

I’d personally go see beavan but it is more of a toss up than i made it out to be i guess

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by ab03 on May 21, 2008 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't really think that

I can accept too much blame or credit for hyping Castillo. I did make that post stating that he might be my choice of all of their pitchers (I might lean toward Feliz right now), and I do typically include him when there is a discussion going on regarding the best arms in the system.

However…

I’m more of a parrot than anything else when it comes to Castillo. I’ve never seen him pitch. My hyping him is based a little on results, but almost completely on information from BA and Jamey (and especially Jamey).

For what it’s worth, my opinion is still that he’s right there with Feliz, Beavan, Main, etc., and if I were in Beverly’s shoes I’d probably be more intrigued with seeing him than Beavan.

by Brett Perryman on May 22, 2008 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

I would rather see Castillo than Beavan. We have all seen plenty of scouting videos of Beavan, while it is almost impossible to even find a photo of Castillo.

by uthornfan on May 22, 2008 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Check this out

The Cocaine Horseman.

http://poorbuthappy.com/colombia/post/the-cocaine-horsemen-by-fabio-castillo/

Unfortunately, it’s not him but what a promising nickname.

Dalton

by jparks77 on May 23, 2008 9:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Let's shorten it to

Blow Rider.

...and curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git.

by t ball on May 23, 2008 9:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

Blow Rider on the bump

Dalton

by jparks77 on May 23, 2008 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

heh

"When I am pissed off, I get angry." - Miles 5/06/08

by Chase Irwin on May 23, 2008 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Holland/Beavan...

would be my choice. Tough choice though.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on May 21, 2008 4:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I've pretty much decided to blow off the Redhawks game...

And go to all 3 Clinton games (which means I should see Castillo, Holland and Beavan). I figure I see the RedHawks all the time and now that my buddy Micah was called up there’s no one I’m dying to see…

I’ll take tons of pics but I’m not sure how quickly I’ll be able to load them….it will depend on how quickly I get annoyed with the slowless of my laptop…if it gets bad I may just wait until I get home.

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For old times sake...C'mon Kelly! :-)

by Beverly23 on May 23, 2008 10:23 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs