Last minute, Jon Heyman of MLB Network reported this the Reds board asked the Yankees for the Venezuelan short stop Gleyber Torres in exchange for the Dominican starting pitcher Luis Castillo, to effectively exchange between the two organizations. However New York would not have accepted the proposal and it looks like Castillo will stay in Cincinnati.
According to the columnist, the Reds’ main office is now telling the other 28-year-old interested right-wing teams that they no longer intend to change it, as they would have understood that they are in a very good position to win the player-based division who make up the team.
According to Cincinnati’s own general manager, speculation about a deal involving Castillo is completely false and that the franchise has always intended to have him as a member of the rotation until 2021.
We must remember that Castillo and Reds reached a contract agreement for $ 4.2 million to avoid access to arbitration in 2021. It is also necessary to point out that the native of Baní, Dominican Republic, will be eligible for arbitration until 2023, ie whoever owns it will continue to have control of their services for another three seasons.