Exactly 10% of all Marlins games during the 2020 season were started by Daniel Castano. That would have sounded surprising—and troubling—at this time a year ago considering the numerous, higher-rated arms who were ahead of him on the depth chart. You would’ve thought, “What went wrong?!”
Of course, there was no reason to anticipate a pandemic back then, much less how it would affect Miami’s roster. Credit to Castano for taking full advantage of the unique circumstances.
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Despite being the oldest player acquired by the Marlins in the Marcell Ozuna trade, Castano was the only one who didn’t have MLB experience entering 2020.