Sunday, August 07, 2011

Giants Release Jose Casilla: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com


This is a surprise, although considering the TJ surgery it may be a risk worth taking. Casilla was a very effective, if unspectacular pitching prospect. If they are able to re-sign him, assuming no other organization claims him, his arrival time is delayed by the surgery and subsequent rehab.

Giants Release Jose Casilla: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com:

"Giants Release Casilla [August 5, 2011 at 6:38pm CST]
The Giants have released Jose Casilla according to Henry Schulman of The San Francisco Chronicle (Twitter links). The move frees up a 40-man roster spot for Waldis Joaquin, who could have opted out of his minor league contract had he not been added to the roster.

Casilla, 22, is the brother of Giants reliever Santiago Casilla. He had a 9.49 ERA in 12 1/3 innings for San Francisco's Single-A affiliate, and Schulman notes that he is recovering from Tommy John surgery. The team could opt to re-sign him to a minor league contract."


http://www.baycityball.com/2010/11/21/giants-add-three-pitchers-to-40-man/

* Jose Casilla, RHP, DOB: 5/21/89

Jose Casilla is the younger brother of current Giants’ reliever, Santiago Casilla. The younger Casilla has pitched primarily as a reliever over his career. He did make 14 starts as an 18-year-old in the Dominican Summer League back in 2007, but it appears that the Giants view him more as a reliever. Over the past two years and 81.1 innings pitched, Casilla has not started a single game. In the Giants minor league Top 20, John Sickels ranked Casilla as the #6 prospect in the Giants’ system and made note of his power-sinker. I can’t find much in the way of scouting reports for Casilla. However, his ground-out/air-out rate this season in Augusta was a healthy 2.46. Further giving credence to the groundballer theory, in 185.2 innings pitched in the minors, Casilla has given up just 2 home runs.
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