In nine innings with the New York Mets, relief pitcher Miguel Castro allowed four earned runs, walked eight, struck out 14. The tiny sample size barely scraped the surface of what he could potentially offer them in 2021.
For a better idea, we should probably gaze at his career numbers. However, at 8-18 with a 4.29 ERA through 283 big league innings, I’m not sure we’re any closer to knowing what he can give the orange and blue moving forward.
Castro is an interesting case for a few reasons. Although he has pitched at least a handful of major league innings every year since 2015, he doesn’t turn 26 until Christmas Eve 2020.