Camden Chat · Oct 23, 2018
Miguel Castro didn’t take the step forward that the Orioles expected
Miguel Castro has the “stuff” of a lockdown bullpen arm. He can reach back and get an upper-90s fastball on occasion, and offers up good enough secondary pitches to keep hitters honest. But he has now spent two years with the Orioles, and we are still waiting for everything to click together for the 23-year-old.
Many of Castro’s stats slipped this season from where they were in 2017. His ERA went from 3.53 to 3.96. His ERA+ fell from 123 to 105. His FIP is up from 4.94 to 5.11. Many of those struggles, however, can be traced back to a horrific month of August, where he accumulated a 9.75 ERA in 12 innings over 11 outings. Castro allowed 10 home runs all year; five of them came in August.