Jackson and Castillo

[ABE32]

I am hoping Castillio turn into Soto Well the "OLD SOTO" and I hope B-Jax figures it out and turns his call up into Rizzo 2.0 and become our CF for the next 10 years.

[excillon]

I think Jackson will work it out. I don't think either will be stellar, but I could see these stats realistically:

BJax: .265/.310/.420 with 15 HR, 65 RBI and 20 steals
Castillo: .230/.310/.450 with 18-20 HR and 60 RBI (maybe one steal).

Basically I see BJax's good year as JUpton's bad year and Castillo as a decent Soto year with lower BA.

[Doogolas]

I think Jackson will work it out. I don't think either will be stellar, but I could see these stats realistically:

BJax: .265/.310/.420 with 15 HR, 65 RBI and 20 steals
Castillo: .230/.310/.450 with 18-20 HR and 60 RBI (maybe one steal).

Basically I see BJax's good year as JUpton's bad year and Castillo as a decent Soto year with lower BA.

You think Castillo is dropping a .220ISO?! Dude has only done that once in the minors. I severely doubt he has that much power. I think he's more like .250/.320/.410 type thing.

[SpendidSplinter]

If B Jax hits .265, then his OBP will be .330+ easy... Heck he had a .303 OBP while hitting .175 this past season.

[Doogolas]

If B Jax hits .265, then his OBP will be .330+ easy... Heck he had a .303 OBP while hitting .175 this past season.

Oh, definitely. He'll carry a .090 to .100ISOBP probably pretty comfortably.

[WOwolfOL]

Didn't you guys know? BJax is ruined, will never hit above the Mendoza line!

[SenorGato]

Didn't you guys know? BJax is ruined, will never hit above the Mendoza line!

Well he did completely overhaul his swing and fix everything said Theo.

[CubbieSteve]

Didn't you guys know? BJax is ruined, will never hit above the Mendoza line!

True dat. I think it's best just to wait and see.

I still have some hope for a .750+ OPS'ing CF'er that is a little above average defensively. Just praying the swing tweaking will help him make contact. Where others see a burned out prospect that can't hit the ball, I see a 24 year old that has some solid tools and hopefully, with some teaching, can still turn out

Castillo...since he plays catcher if he can muster a .320/.400 line and play solid defense I'm okay with it. I think that's very possible from him as well.

[ty_smitty21]

I think fans would be higher on Jackson if it wasn't for guys named Corey Patterson, and Felix Pie. Now, we feel like every outfielder will be a bust.

When Jackson makes contact, he has good results. Making more contact would make a huge difference, and possibly turn him into a really solid ML player.

Some guys take some time to figure it out. One bad stint in the majors doesn't mean the end of Jackson.

Both of these guys having a good spring would be nice. Castillo seems to have a solid bat and a solid arm... I hope he gets better at framing and receiving pitches.

[thawv]

This may sound a little simple, but if Jackson can improve drastically on his swings and misses, he will be a stud. If not, he will not be in the bigs too long. His strikeout rate has reached a historic level. Only one player in MLB history has had a higher percentage of K's with at least 100 Ab's!! Dave Duncan struck out 49.5% of the time in 1967. BJax was at 49.17% last year. He will be out of baseball very soon if he doesn't reduce that in a major way.