MESA, Ariz. - Santiago Casilla won three championship rings with the Giants and saved 127 games including four in the 2014 postseason, but only one Bay Area team wanted him in 2017.
“They didn’t feel the need to sign me anymore,” Casilla said of the Giants, “and I’m just happy to be here with the A’s. I feel like they have a bigger need for me here.”
Casilla made his long-awaited arrival at A’s camp Sunday, enduring the visa issues that kept him in the Dominican Republic until he was able to fly to Arizona for spring training.