GLENDALE, Ariz. — Coming off a 100-loss season, the White Sox want to put 2018 behind them and turn the page.
That’s exactly what Welington Castillo wants to do in 2019 — and then some. He’s at spring training carrying more than just the losses that stained the White Sox record last year. Castillo’s reputation became tainted from the 80-game PED suspension that was imposed on the veteran catcher in May, when he tested positive for Erythropoietin (EPO), a performance-enhancing substance in violation of MLB’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
After the suspension was handed down, Castillo said in a statement that the positive test “resulted from an extremely poor decision that I, and I alone, made.