If Nick Castellanos aroused from sleep on Sunday and regarded on the standings, he would possibly’ve smiled. Castellanos’ ex-team, the Philadelphia Phillies, owned the worst report in Primary League Baseball at 9-18, whilst his present squad, the San Diego Padres, owned the most productive report in MLB at 18-8.
And whilst Castellanos himself hasn’t finished a lot to assist San Diego’s good fortune (7-for-48 on the plate up to now this season), that hasn’t stopped him from frustrating Phillies enthusiasts via distinctive feature of his lifestyles and standpoint on what in reality went down with him in Philadelphia ultimate season, a saga that, in keeping with Castellanos, was once overblown via The Athletic‘s Matt Gelb in an editorial designed to fan the flames of controversy and pressure clicks, no longer inform the reality.
Talking to Annie Heilbrunn of The San Diego Union-Tribune this previous week, Castellanos did not shy clear of throwing some colour at Gelb and the Phillies media.
Nick Castellanos says the Phillies media operates with a sub-par personality
Castellanos published to Heilbrunn that he had ex-teammates at the Phillies letting him know that Gelb have been sitting for a very long time at the viral tale that was once launched in February, which detailed — amongst different issues casting Castellanos in a villainous mild — the “Miami incident” by which Castellanos introduced a lager into the dugout in the course of a recreation after you have benched.
Castellanos put out his personal rationalization letter on Instagram following Gelb’s tale going are living, and it is transparent that Castellanos continues to be no longer delighted with how he was once handled via the Phillies media.
“That simply more or less presentations, for me, the nature of the media that’s over there,” Castellanos instructed Heilbrunn. “As a result of that (incident) came about seven months (earlier than the thing was once revealed) … They’d fairly be debatable than honest.”
Castellanos additionally published to Heilbrunn that he was once particularly suggested via the group to not communicate with the media concerning the Miami incident, even after he spoke with supervisor Rob Thomson about his (Castellanos’) want to be original with newshounds and no longer lie concerning the state of affairs.
Rob Thomson’s struggles are not serving to to spice up the Nick Castellanos villain narrative
The object that stings Phillies enthusiasts maximum about Castellanos’ alleged falling out with Thomson is that he would possibly finally end up at the proper facet of historical past. Thomson’s seat continues to get hotter in Philly, even though president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski is not admitting it (the similar Dave Dombrowski who instructed Castellanos that the Phillies wanted him to be a platoon man in 2026 earlier than in the end liberating him).
With Castellanos additionally on the subject of Heilbrunn that the majority of his ex-teammates at the Phillies nonetheless communicate to him and take a look at in (there is not any dangerous blood), one starts to get a sneaking suspicion that Thomson is a larger downside than Castellanos ever was once. Alternatively, all of it is dependent upon who you imagine.
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