Starlin Castro Unbridled Manlove with a Side Order of Sploogetasticism Thread

[Yeti]

He's 29 PAs short of being 3rd in the NL in BA. He's averaged 3.97 PA/game. So, on that pace, he'll crack the requirements (3.1 PA/team game) of the leaderboard in game 142. That's all I'm going to look forward to now.

I hope the little fucker gets braces.

I hope Soriano lets him take the top bunk.

I hope no child molester from Desipio gets his hand down the kid's pj's.

What about up them?

[powen01]

He's 29 PAs short of being 3rd in the NL in BA. He's averaged 3.97 PA/game. So, on that pace, he'll crack the requirements (3.1 PA/team game) of the leaderboard in game 142. That's all I'm going to look forward to now.

I hope the little fucker gets braces.

I hope Soriano lets him take the top bunk.

I hope no child molester from Desipio gets his hand down the kid's pj's.

What about up them?

Ahoy, ya sea slag.

[Eli]

Bump now that Castro has hit 300 at bats.  Among MLB shortstops who have at least 300 plate appearances, he ranks:

- 3rd in batting average
- 4th in weighted on-base average (behind Tulowirzki, Furcal, H. Ramirez)
- 4th in OPS
- Dead, absolute last in age

I love him very, very much.

[Saul Goodman]

Bump now that Castro has hit 300 at bats.  Among MLB shortstops who have at least 300 plate appearances, he ranks:

- 3rd in batting average
- 4th in weighted on-base average (behind Tulowirzki, Furcal, H. Ramirez)
- 4th in OPS
- Dead, absolute last in age

I love him very, very much.

BONAR

[Internet Apex]

Bump now that Castro has hit 300 at bats.  Among MLB shortstops who have at least 300 plate appearances, he ranks:

- 3rd in batting average
- 4th in weighted on-base average (behind Tulowirzki, Furcal, H. Ramirez)
- 4th in OPS
- Dead, absolute last in age

I love him very, very much.

That gift certificate aint all it's cracked up to be, I bet. The other day they showed a close up, and I could swear I saw a whisker on his face. Could have been an eyelash that fell off. I don't know. I need more information. (googles Phil Rogers on Twitter)

BONAR

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Bump now that Castro has hit 300 at bats.  Among MLB shortstops who have at least 300 plate appearances, he ranks:

- 3rd in batting average
- 4th in weighted on-base average (behind Tulowirzki, Furcal, H. Ramirez)
- 4th in OPS
- Dead, absolute last in age

I love him very, very much.

BONAR

That gift certificate aint all it's cracked up to be, I bet. The other day they showed a close up, and I could swear I saw a whisker on his face. Could have been an eyelash that fell off. I don't know. I need more information. (googles Phil Rogers on Twitter)

Huh?

[Saul Goodman]

Bump now that Castro has hit 300 at bats.  Among MLB shortstops who have at least 300 plate appearances, he ranks:

- 3rd in batting average
- 4th in weighted on-base average (behind Tulowirzki, Furcal, H. Ramirez)
- 4th in OPS
- Dead, absolute last in age

I love him very, very much.

That gift certificate aint all it's cracked up to be, I bet. The other day they showed a close up, and I could swear I saw a whisker on his face. Could have been an eyelash that fell off. I don't know. I need more information. (googles Phil Rogers on Twitter)

BONAR

Quit putting words in my mouth, LeBron lover.

[R-V]

Bump now that Castro has hit 300 at bats.  Among MLB shortstops who have at least 300 plate appearances, he ranks:

- 3rd in batting average
- 4th in weighted on-base average (behind Tulowirzki, Furcal, H. Ramirez)
- 4th in OPS
- Dead, absolute last in age

I love him very, very much.

More importantly, he's tied for 8th in sac flies among major league shortstops. Only 3 behind Orlando Cabrera and 2 behind Jerry Hairston. Hell of an accomplishment considering his relatively low number of plate appearances.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Bump now that Castro has hit 300 at bats.  Among MLB shortstops who have at least 300 plate appearances, he ranks:

- 3rd in batting average
- 4th in weighted on-base average (behind Tulowirzki, Furcal, H. Ramirez)
- 4th in OPS
- Dead, absolute last in age

I love him very, very much.

More importantly, he's tied for 8th in sac flies among major league shortstops. Only 3 behind Orlando Cabrera and 2 behind Jerry Hairston. Hell of an accomplishment considering his relatively low number of plate appearances.

Man, Adam Dunn could learn a thing or two from Castro about knocking those guys in from third with fly outs.

[PenPho]

Bump now that Castro has hit 300 at bats.  Among MLB shortstops who have at least 300 plate appearances, he ranks:

- 3rd in batting average
- 4th in weighted on-base average (behind Tulowirzki, Furcal, H. Ramirez)
- 4th in OPS
- Dead, absolute last in age

I love him very, very much.

More importantly, he's tied for 8th in sac flies among major league shortstops. Only 3 behind Orlando Cabrera and 2 behind Jerry Hairston. Hell of an accomplishment considering his relatively low number of plate appearances.

Man, Adam Dunn could learn a thing or two from Castro about knocking those guys in from third with fly outs.

Sounds like he'd be an even better 2B.

In the abstract.

[R-V]

This thread needs pretty much a daily bump. 16 multi-hit games in the last month, and he's 7th in value among MLB shortstops despite being 24th in plate appearances. Monster splooge.

[Internet Apex]

Some serious competition for ROY this year. I think maybe Posey or Heyward have the benefit of playing key roles on contending teams. Niether would be a bad pick. Mike Stanton and Starlin Castro are doing stuff every day that makes you think they'll be superstars in this league for a long, long time.

By now Strasburgh is probably less likely to win the award.

[Slaky]

This thread needs pretty much a daily bump. 16 multi-hit games in the last month, and he's 7th in value among MLB shortstops despite being 24th in plate appearances. Monster splooge.

It's a lot like finding a gold nugget in your monster shelf-turd. But then you have to ask, "Why am I digging through my shit in the first place?"

[Internet Apex]

This thread needs pretty much a daily bump. 16 multi-hit games in the last month, and he's 7th in value among MLB shortstops despite being 24th in plate appearances. Monster splooge.

It's a lot like finding a gold nugget in your monster shelf-turd. But then you have to ask, "Why am I digging through my shit in the first place?"

So many times I've been faced with the same self-query. But when I slap down the first payment on my Buena Park condo with nothing but shelf-turd nuggets, I'll just flash my solid-gold grin and remember that it's all been worthwhile. In the abstract.

[Eli]

This thread needs pretty much a daily bump. 16 multi-hit games in the last month, and he's 7th in value among MLB shortstops despite being 24th in plate appearances. Monster splooge.

It's a lot like finding a gold nugget in your monster shelf-turd. But then you have to ask, "Why am I digging through my shit in the first place?"

Speaking of gold nuggets found in unexpected places, here's another gold prospect nugget:

Chris Archer at Tennessee this year:
46 IP
0.58 ERA
.169 AVG against

Overall, he has a 1.97 ERA this year at two levels.  ALSO, when I went to his MiLB page to find his stats, I saw his picture for the first time and it turns out that he's black.  This was news to me.