The Detroit Tigers got a huge steal at last year’s trade deadline when they dealt OF Leonys Martin in exchange for minor league prospect SS Willi Castro from Cleveland. Castro’s bat has been on fire ever since coming over in that deal, and we hope he never cools down.
Through the first half last season before being a traded, Willi Castro hit .254/.303/.350. The Detroit Tigers took a flyer on him, and for Leonys Martin, this wasn’t a bad haul at all.
Castro was a player who had past success at the lower levels of minor league baseball but just hadn’t adjusted to Double-A yet.