Willi Castro News Archive
News -- May 2024 (45)
- 5/22 Twins Daily: Make it Official! Twins 10, Nationals 0: Ryan Backed by Blasts: Box Score SP: Joe Ryan 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K (95 pitches, 62 strikes) Home Runs: Byron Buxton 2(3), Willi Castro...
- 5/21 Twins Daily: Ranking the 5 Worst Minnesota Twins Defenders in 2024: The Twins have been missing some of the team’s best defenders during the season’s early weeks, forcing players to play in secondary...
- 5/21 Baseball Musings: Beat the Streak Picks: The Log5 Method yields these top picks: 0.334 — William Contreras batting against Trevor Rogers. 0.321 — Max Kepler...
- 5/21 Twins Daily: Twins 3, Nationals 12: Things Are Going from Wurst to Worse: Box Score Starting Pitcher: Pablo Lopez: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 7 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (74 pitches, 55 strikes (74.3%) Home Runs: Carlos Correa...
- 5/19 Twins Daily: Guardians 11, Twins 4: The Slide Continues: Box Score SP: Bailey Ober 4.0 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 4 K (91 pitches, 63 strikes, 14 whiffs) Home Runs: N/A Bottom 3 WPA:...
- 5/18 Twins Daily: Byron Buxton Is Back, and the Twins Badly Need His Glove in Center: Coming into this season the Minnesota Twins knew that playing Byron Buxton solely as their designated hitter wasn’t going to...
- 5/17 Zone Coverage: Could A Fully-Healthy Twins Team Compete With the Yankees?: Shortly after the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 5-0 at Target Field, Byron Buxton started his second day of rehab...
- 5/16 Zone Coverage: The Twins Resurfaced Only To Find A Familiar Enemy: The Minnesota Twins appeared to be on a journey to the center of the earth to begin the season. They cratered to a 7-13 start,...
- 5/16 Twins Daily: Yankees 4, Twins 0: Pablo Day Empty: Box Score SP: Pablo Lopez 6.1 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (96 pitches, 69 strikes, 10 whiffs) Home Runs: N/A Bottom 3...
- 5/15 Twins Daily: Yankees 5, Twins 1: Sheriff Overpowered by Big-City Bullies: Box Score Starting Pitcher: Chris Paddack 5.0 IP, 12 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (95 pitches, 66 strikes, 13 whiffs) Home Runs:...
- 5/15 Zone Coverage: What Can the Twins Learn From the Last Time They Won Six Straight Series?: The Minnesota Twins are currently on a winning streak, but not the one fans typically consider. Their 12-game winning streak concluded...
- 5/14 Twins Daily: Expectation vs. Reality: Comparing Preseason Projections to What's Happened So Far: Before the start of the season, I wrote up a series of Position Analysis articles previewing each position across the roster....
- 5/14 Zone Coverage: Carlos Santana, Willi Castro and the Secret Of the Twins’ Rally Sausage: If you grew up in the 1990s, there’s a good chance you watched the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The origin story of the comic...
- 5/13 Twins Daily: Can the Twins Sustain Their Strikeout Rate Improvement?: For baseball fans, strikeouts can be one of the game’s most frustrating aspects. Pitchers throw with ever-higher velocity and...
- 5/13 Twins Daily: Week in Review: Going Legit: Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 5/6 through Sun, 5/12 *** Record Last Week: 5-2 (Overall: 24-16) Run Differential Last Week: +14 (Overall:...
- 5/12 Twins Daily: Make It Official! Twins 5, Blue Jays 1: Ober Dominates, Twins Win Sixth Straight Series: Coming off one of the more surprising losses of the year in Saturday's 10-8 tilt, the Twins faced the mercurial Alek Manoah...
- 5/12 Twins Daily: Margot Misfortune Could Provides Keirsey Opportunity: Byron Buxton has come out of the gate showing a level of availability that we haven’t seen in quite some time. Acting as a defensive...
- 5/11 Twins Daily: Twins 3, Blue Jays 2: Joe Ryan Gem Fuels Yet Another Twins Win: Box Score Joe Ryan: 7 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K Home Runs: Carlos Santana (5) Top 3 WPA: Joe Ryan (.366), Jhoan Duran (.140),...
- 5/10 RotoWire: Smacks third home runCastro went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and two RBI during Wednesday's 6-3 win over the Mariners....
- 5/10 Twins Daily: Make It Official! Twins 11, Mariners 1: Scoring Runs Early and Often on Pablo Day: Box Score SP: Pablo Lopez - 6.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 10 K (100 pitches, 61 strikes (61.0%), 15 whiffs)Home Runs: Max Kepler...
- 5/9 Twins Daily: Make it Official! Twins 6, Mariners 3: Hits Keep Coming: Box Score SP: Chris Paddack 5 1/3 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 10 K (99 pitches, 70 strikes, 19 whiffs) Home Runs: Carlos Correa...
- 5/8 Twins Daily: The Manuel Margot Acquisition Has Been a Disaster: One of the Twins’ greatest needs this offseason was a replacement for Michael A. Taylor--a right-handed outfielder who could...
- 5/8 Twins Daily: Willi Castro’s Hard-Hitting Spring Proving Not to Be a Fluke: The Twins’ offense stumbled out of the gate, with many vital contributors struggling to find consistency in the cold April weather....
- 5/7 Twins Daily: The Turnaround Twelve: A Historic Twins Winning Streak, By the Numbers: The Twins' 7-13 start was explicable, but it shouldn't have been as bad as it was. Sure, they were without key pieces like Jhoan...
- 5/7 Twins Daily: Make It Official! Twins 3, Mariners 1: One-Twelfth of a Whole New Streak: Box Score Starting Pitcher: Simeon Woods Richardson 6 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K (82 pitches, 51 strikes (62.1% strikes)) Home...
- 5/6 Twins Daily: Red Sox 9, Twins 2: Streak Ends Amid Physical and Mental Mistakes: The Twins have had a difficult time losing of late. They haven't dominated teams offensively, Atlanta Braves-style, where they...
- 5/6 Twins Daily: Week in Review: Stringing Wins and Stinging Losses: Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 4/29 through Sun, 5/5 *** Record Last Week: 5-1 (Overall: 19-14) Run Differential Last Week: +5 (Overall:...
- 5/5 newbaseballmedia.com: 2024 Fantasy Baseball: Hitters to Target on the Waiver Wire (Week 6): Outfielder Blake Perkins and infielder Willi Castro headline our Week 6 2024 fantasy baseball hitter waiver wire target list. The...
- 5/5 Twins Daily: Make it Official! Twins 3, Red Sox 1: Pablo Shoves for 12: Box Score SP: Pablo Lopez 6.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K (99 pitches, 60 strikes, 19 whiffs) Home Runs: Max Kepler(2) Top...
- 5/5 The Report On Sports: Minnesota Twins Extend Winning Streak to 12 Games with Victory Over Boston Red Sox: In a thrilling showdown on Saturday, the Minnesota Twins continued their scorching hot streak, securing their 12th consecutive...
- 5/4 MLBTradeRumors: Twins Notes: Stewart, Topa, Lewis: The Twins are baseball’s hottest team, as yesterday’s 5-2 win over the Red Sox extended Minnesota’s winning...
- 5/4 Twins Daily: Make It Official! Twins 5, Red Sox 2: Chris Paddack's Dominance Boosts Winning Streak to 11: Box Score Chris Paddack: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K Home Runs: None Top 3 WPA: Chris Paddack (.364), Edouard Julien (.153),...
- 5/4 Twins Daily: Who Here Even Remembers Twins Third Baseman Eric Soderholm?: @mikelink45 had a blog post here on Twin Daily in 2019 about the best third basemen in Twins history and presented 11 choices...
- 5/4 Twins Daily: Twins 5, Red Sox 2: Chris Paddack's Dominance Boosts Winning Streak to 11: Box Score Chris Paddack: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K Home Runs: None Top 3 WPA: Chris Paddack (.364), Edouard Julien (.153),...
- 5/4 The Report On Sports: Minnesota Twins Place Bryon Buxton on Injured List, Recall Austin Martin: The Minnesota Twins have been hit with unfortunate news as star outfielder Byron Buxton has been placed on the 10-day injured...
- 5/4 MLBTradeRumors: Twins Place Byron Buxton On Injured List: The Twins announced that they have placed outfielder Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list due to right knee inflammation with...
- 5/3 Brewer Fanatic: The Brewers' Superb Infield Defense Has One Unexpected Weakness: This season, Brewers pitchers have induced 38 ground balls that were fielded by an infielder, in a situation (runner on first...
- 5/3 Twins Daily: It's Time to Make the Boston Red Sox Fear the Sausage: The Twins get only two days off in May, and one of them is Thursday. After that, they begin a stretch of 13 games without a...
- 5/2 Just Baseball: The Twins Are Piecing Together Wins Any Way They Can: To kick off the 2024 campaign, the Minnesota Twins were off to a 7-13 start before an astounding 10-game win streak, their first...
- 5/2 Twins Daily: Ranking the Twins Veterans Most Likely to Be Let Go: Minnesota’s front office has accumulated veteran players in recent seasons to add a layer of roster depth. There have been hits...
- 5/2 Baseball Musings: Ten for the Twins: The Twins beat the White Sox 10-5 on Wednesday afternoon to extend their winning streak to ten games. They are now 17-13 on the...
- 5/2 Twins Daily: Make it Official! Twins 10, White Sox 5: 10 Out of 10, No Notes: Box Score SP: Bailey Ober 6.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (82 pitches, 58 strikes 7 whiffs) Home Runs: Alex Kirilloff (2) Top...
- 5/1 Twins Daily: Twins Daily Hitter of the Month - April 2024: Rocco Baldelli was going to have a different look for his team this season after starting pitching departures in the form of...
- 5/1 Just Baseball: 2024 Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Adds: Jo Adell, Mike Tauchman, Keaton Winn: Playing the waiver wire effectively is crucial to fantasy baseball success throughout the season. Each week of the 2024 campaign,...
- 5/1 Twins Daily: Make it Official! Twins 6, White Sox 5: Sausage Kings of Chicago: Box Score SP: Simeon Woods Richardson Home Runs: N/A Top 3 WPA: Manuel Margot 0.217, Jhoan Durán .206, Trevor Larnach 0.194 Win...
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