Take Nick Castellanos’ name, track record and contract away, and there’s a reasonable chance the right fielder wouldn’t have made the Phillies’ NLDS roster.
There’s also a reasonable chance the Phillies would be down 1-0 to the Braves.
Castellanos’ production — or, rather, lack thereof — didn’t exactly instill much confidence leading into the week. He went 0-for-7 in the Wild Card Series against the Cardinals, not exactly an aberration from the .263/.305/.389 slash line and career-worst .694 OPS he posted in the regular season. Not to mention, he’d been a negative defensively all year — negative-11, specifically, in terms of outs above average.