When does Castro's start to the season go from "it's early" and instead "oh shit..."? The reason I ask this is kind of related to another topic which I've discussed in length. That's Baez at SS long term. Let's say Castro is hitting as poorly as last year by the end of may. Baez probably is going to get called up in late june early july. I'll fully admit I'm not on the Castro bandwagon as some. I just think he's more of a bottom of the order type hitter than a 1/2 slot guy. However, if he continues to struggle it seems difficult for me to believe they will keep sending him out every day at SS once Baez comes into the equation. I could see him splitting time at 2B with Barney.
Admittedly, it is early but his strike outs are up from last season(21.4% + whatever from today vs 18.3% last year and his good years were in the 14% range). I don't want to psycho analyze too much here but if anything worries me about him going forward it's k's. If he were making good contact and just hitting into defenders it would be less worrying to me.
