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VIERA, Fla., March 23 -- The easy move for the Washington Nationals would be to keep outfielders Ryan Church and Chris Snelling and send Kory Casto, their two-time minor league player of the year, to Class AAA Columbus to start the season.
But Casto is putting on such a performance this spring that he has Nationals executives reconsidering every option. Casto went 2 for 2 with two RBI in Friday's 10-4 win over Detroit -- Washington's fifth straight victory -- to raise his average to .367 and his on-base percentage to .472.
Casto has options remaining, so unlike Church and Snelling, he could be sent to the minors without risk of losing him to another team. But there are indications that the Nationals are at least considering taking an 11-man pitching staff to start the season in order to make room for Casto.
"We're fine either way," Manager Manny Acta said. "If he doesn't make this club, we can always go grab him a week, two weeks, a month later. He's going to be there."
Relievers Saul Rivera and Chris Booker likely would be sent down in such a scenario.
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Maybe Casto will make the team but i still dont see it happening because Acta has already said that he will be a starter wherever he goes and i simply don't see room for him as a starter with the Nationals. Although i do think he should be the starting left fielder unless they go with some type of platoon system to start him out with and then trade the other part of the platoon at some point during the season i just don't think that will happen though.
I highly doubt the Nationals go into the season with Casto, Church, and Snelling all on the major league roster and i think Casto will be the casualty in such a situation unless he bats .500 for the rest of ST.
Casto gonna be hard to cut
Casto gonna be hard to cut
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