Rodolfo Castro
Things certainly haven’t gone Rodolfo Castro's way since joining the Phillies at the 2023 MLB trade deadline. Acquired from the Pittsburgh Pirates to help fill the role left by DFA'd veteran utilityman Josh Harrison, Castro ended up failing miserably to provide any value to the club during their stretch run.
Despite displaying some potential power with 11 home runs in just 71 games played with the Pirates in 2022, he appeared to have suffered a major outage in his stint with the Phillies. Castro batted just a measly .100 with a .256 OPS, along with just two runs scored, two RBI and 12 strikeouts in the 14 games of action he managed to get into.
He didn’t fare too well in the field either, committing two errors in 68 innings for a disappointing .909 fielding percentage. As a result, he wasn’t a part of the Phillies’ 2023 playoff run.
Looking for some redemption in the 2024 season with the club, Castro never ended up getting that opportunity as he has spent the entire year in the Phillies’ minor league system. More notably, he suffered a left shoulder injury that put him out of action for almost three months before recently returning to action in mid-July.
With Edmundo Sosa showing this season that he's more than capable of being a reliable and productive versatile backup in the infield for the Phillies, there doesn’t appear to be a role available for Castro heading into the 2025 season.