A report surfaced after the Phillies were ousted from the NLDS that they intend to jettison Nick Castellanos before next season — either via trade or by simply releasing him.

Castellanos has been a sometimes productive, sometimes not, and oftentimes controversial player during his four seasons with the Phillies. Last offseason, there were definitive rumors, worded similarly to the one about Castellanos, claiming that the Phillies were most definitely going to be moving on from Alec Bohm. And that obviously never happened .

So until he's off the Phillies' roster for good, there's no telling what the future holds.

Do you think the Phillies should keep him? Or are you hoping the report from Matt Gelb and others is correct?

Why he should stay

He is kind of clutch

Say what you want ab

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