WASHINGTON - Starlin Castro was placed on administrative leave here before Friday’s game, with mega-prospect third baseman Carter Kieboom still on the Injured List at Triple-A, and the Nationals started a 24th-round draft pick at the hot corner for Double-A Harrisburg on Friday night.
Castro, able to play at several infield spots, was put on leave by Major League Baseball for at least seven days while it investigates a domestic violence allegation, according to MLB.
”We don’t tolerate that kind of behavior,” an emotional manager Dave Martinez told reporters Friday. “There’s no place for it as far as I am concerned.