CHICAGO - Shortstop Starlin Castro was double-switched out of Tuesday night’s Chicago Cubs game against the Colorado Rockies and then was told later that night he’d be sitting out the finale of the three-game series Wednesday.
With the Major League Baseball non-waiver trade deadline approaching on Friday, Castro wondered if he was being traded. To reassure him, manager Joe Maddon had a talk with Castro late Tuesday night.
“I told him, ‘You’re not getting traded, so just relax and play,’” Maddon said. “’Don’t worry about this stuff.’”
Complicating things in Castro’s mind is that his likely replacement -- Addison Russell -- is playing alongside him at second base.