Cincinnati — Nick Castellanos seems so much lighter these days. Not physically. He looks as lean and mean as ever at 29. But emotionally, professionally, it seems like he’s not carrying as much baggage around with him like he was during his final months with the Tigers.
He’s an All-Star now. Two and a half years removed from those last dark days in Detroit, days when being at the ballpark wasn’t nearly as joyous as they are for him now.
There he was Friday afternoon, throwing batting practice to his young son Liam on the field at Great American Ball Park.