The outfielder broke out as a highly touted Cuban prospect, and the Red Sox outbid teams like the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers to sign Castillo. High expectations circulated the 27-year-old rookie and, with the recent departure of Jacoby Ellsbury, he was expected to fill big shoes.
There’s a list of names that, by comparison, makes Sox fans shiver and turn away at the mere thought. Names like Carl Crawford, Julio Lugo, and Pablo Sandoval all headline the list of bad decisions in the last decade. It is now time to say that Rusney Castillo is part of that list.