Sep 29 2008
Castro Shipped to Jays
The Phillies sent lefty reliever Fabio Castro to the Blue Jays as the player to be named later in the trade for Matt Stairs.
Stairs hit his second homerun as a Phillie in the season finale on Sunday as a pinch hitter. He went back to back with rookie catcher Lou Marson, who hit his first career homerun before Stairs hit his.
Castro has spent time in the Majors with the Texas Rangers in 2006 and the Phillies in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Castro was called up in 2008 but did not pitch in a game for the Phillies.
He spent the majority of the season at Double-A Reading, going 8-2 with a 4.40 ERA in 27 games, 16 of them starts. He struck out 95 batters in 110.1 innings pitched. He went 0-2 with an 8.10 ERA at Triple-A Lehigh Valley.
For his Major League career, Castro is 0-1 in 30 games with a 3.30 ERA. He has 32 strikeouts in just over 47 innings pitched.
Castro was acquired by the Phillies on June 29, 2006 when they sent Daniel Haigwood to the Rangers for the lefty reliever. Haigwood was one of the players acquired by the Phillies from the White Sox for Jim Thome.
