The Enquirer/C. Trent Rosecrans
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Reds manager Bryan Price said the announcement of Luis Castillo as the starter for Friday’s game in Washington wasn’t intended as a message to other starters, but it could be a lesson.
“If you don’t throw strikes on a consistent basis, you’ll never know if the stuff is good enough to compete here,” Price said. “That has a to be a rock bottom minimum requirement to throw strikes.”
Castillo, who will be making his big-league debut in Friday’s series opener against the Nationals, has always had the stuff to compete.