Nick Castellanos has been an important piece of the Philadelphia Phillies roster ever since the team acquired him in free agency prior to the start of the 2022 season. Castellanos has given the Phillies many memorable moments in the postseason, coming up with one huge hit after another. But he's never been a positive defender, and that was very much confirmed on Friday when manager Rob Thomson pulled him in the ninth inning of their eventual 2-1 win over the Atlanta Braves for a defensive substitution in Harrison Bader.

The statistics don't lie; Castellanos doesn't have a single big-league season in which he's rated even average in terms of defensive metrics. But still, every baseball player wants to be good at all facets of the game, and it certainly frustrated the Phillies right fiel

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