If Atlanta Braves General Manager John Coppolella has not already been on the phone tonight with the ISE Baseball representative for Welington Castillo, then I would be shocked.
The timing was a bit out of order. Earlier, the Braves opted into contracts with both of their arbitration-eligible catchers – Tuffy Gosewisch ($635,000 with major and minor league clauses) and Anthony Recker ($800,000; full major league deal). But nobody anticipated this news.
The Diamondbacks decided not to tender arbitration contracts to catcher Welington Castillo and righty Rubby De La Rosa, per a team announcement.