Starlin Castro has lost his starting shortstop job to Addison Russell and is now facing a move (or even a platoon role) at second base, but he is nonetheless positive about his new position. “Whatever helps the team win. We don’t think about (ourselves). We think about us as a team,” Castro told reporters, including CBS Chicago’s Bruce Levine. “I just want to play. I just want be in the lineup. It does not matter if it’s at second or shortstop.” While there has been lots of speculation about Castro’s future with the Cubs, his agent Paul Kinzer said that “sometimes a change can help everyone.
NL Central Notes: Castro, Melvin, Counsell
