Castellanos and Walker are $43M? of potential dead weight the next three seasons.
Right now, Turnbull looks as good or better than Walker did at his best last season.
Anyone from Lehigh could probably out hit Castellanos.
I'm sure Castellanos will turn it around to some extent, but the league has his number, it's not that he's in a slump, since the second half of last season, he's looked like the age curve and lack of discipline have conspired to make him a replacement level player at best. He's 32, an age when players of his caliber approach the cliff.
The crazy thing is who was dumb enough to offer that contract;
RC+ the four years before signing: 129, 122, 98, 140, they signed him off his career season at 29 years old - anyone with a brain would have known he was unlikely to repeat that year - the 4 year average at 122 was a more reasonable expectation. With his below par fielding, that made him a 2 WAR player, worth maybe $15M a year on a 3 year deal. Signing him past age 32 was a horrid mistake.
First two Phillies seasons, RC+ 94, 109, total WAR 0.8, barely above replacement.
This season, I doubt he cracks 100, Next two seasons, just write off the money.
