Time for my morning rendition of “The coffee must be making me crazy!” since this is all about one of the most notorious of failures in recent Red Sox history. Check that – all of Red Sox history. That, of course, is the ill-fated signing of Rusney Castillo to a $72.5 Million contract as an international free agent (re escapee) from Cuba.
Castillo was viewed as that most traditional of tempting tidbits by scouts – a five-tool player. In Cuba and most importantly international play Castillo was a very hot item and let the bidding begin as GM’s lineup to make Castillo a very wealthy young man.