When the Yankees acquired Miguel Castro from the New York Mets for Joely Rodriguez, I already thought the trade was a clear win. Objectively, Castro was, and still is, the better pitcher from a performance and stuff perspective. However, myself and the rest of Yankee fandom were hoping the trade would be a huge win, ala the Clay Holmes deal.
Off the rip it was clear Castro would be a project. His walk rate of 14.2 percent was in the bottom three percent of the entire league. Despite his nasty stuff from an extremely glitchy arm slot, he struggled to ever put together a single season with a low ERA or a serviceable walk rate.