It’s time for Nick Castellanos’ time at third base to come to a merciful end.
Some years ago, Castellanos held the title of worst fielder in the league, per whatever advanced metric you preferred to look up if you wanted some hard numbers to back the eye test.
Everybody knew he would need to be better to stick at the hot corner, and the Tigers got him some additional coaching help before the 2015 season with defensive specialist Matt Martin as well as 11-time Gold Glove winning shortstop Omar Vizquel.
Castellanos didn’t need to be turned into the slickest fielder in the game, but he had to at least be nearer to an average-fielding third baseman.