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Castillo’s health bodes well for the future

One of the more inexplicable wrinkles of this bizarre Mets season has doubled as one of the few things gone right. All year long, Luis Castillo has been able to play.

Far more surprising than Castillo’s production — an average well over .300 and an on-base percentage floating around .400 — has been his health. In a season in which seemingly no Met can stay off the disabled list, Castillo — he of training room infamy — ranks third on the team in games played. And the two men in front of him, David Wright and Daniel Murphy, are both more than seven years his junior.

“He came into Spring Training on a mission,” Mets manager Jerry Manuel said of the rejuvenated Castillo. “In the offseason, he got himself in great physical shape. I’m sure, mentally, he processed some things.”


Click here to read the full article – By Anthony DiComo of MLB.com

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