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  cbs4denver.com - Castilla Returns To Rockies
Castilla was elated to be back with the Colorado Rockies, agreeing to terms on a minor-league contract Monday for his third stint with the franchise.
Castilla is a career.276 hitter and was a member of the Rockies' only playoff team in 1995.
Vinny Castilla was elated to be back with the Colorado Rockies, agreeing to terms on a minor-league contract Monday for his third stint with the franchise.
cbs4denver.com /topstories/local_story_226163532.html   (638 words)

  
 Vinny Castilla - BR Bullpen
Castilla split the 1990 season between the Sumter Braves (.268/~.339/.404) and the Greenville Braves (.235/~.297/.347).
Following the 2005 season, Castilla was traded by the Nationals to the San Diego Padres for pitcher Brian Lawrence.
Castilla led all Mexican natives in MLB in homers (320), RBI (1,105), hits (1,884), at-bats (6,822) and doubles (349) and was 95th all-time in MLB in home runs hit at the time his career ended.
www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Vinny_Castilla   (959 words)

  
 Padres release Vinny Castilla - Boston.com
Third baseman Vinny Castilla was released by the San Diego Padres on Wednesday, an unpopular move in the clubhouse and one that likely will hasten the NL West leaders' search for a replacement before the trading deadline.
Castilla was waived for the purpose of giving him his unconditional release in order to open a roster spot for right-hander Mike Thompson, who started Wednesday's game against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Castilla was well-liked in the clubhouse, and worked with first baseman Adrian Gonzalez when he struggled earlier in the season.
www.boston.com /sports/baseball/articles/2006/07/19/padres_release_vinny_castilla?mode=PF   (517 words)

  
 Vinny Castilla | BaseballLibrary.com
Castilla's 32 homers that season were the most ever by a Mexican ballplayer, eclipsing Aurelio Rodriguez's 19 round-trippers for the 1970 Senators, and he continued his tear in the NLDS, batting.467 with three homers and six RBI in a losing effort against the Braves.
Castilla had even a better year in 1996 after a slow start, slamming his 40th homer on the last day of the season to join Ellis Burks and Andres Galarraga as just the second trio of 40-homer teammates in baseball history.
Castilla, known as a durable player in his days in Colorado, was suddenly plagued by a rash of injuries and was on the disabled list three times, and batted only.221 with only six homers.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/C/Castilla_Vinny.stm   (1874 words)

  
 Vinny Castilla : Rotoworld.com - Vinny Castilla Biography from Rotoworld.com
Vinny Castilla is the only September callup that will be joining the Rockies on Friday.
Castilla will be called up when rosters expand on Sept. 1, but he shouldn't have any fantasy value.
Castilla will be brought up in September, which should be fine as long he doesn't actually play in games or anything like that.
www.rotoworld.com /content/playersearch.aspx?searchname=Castilla   (651 words)

  
 Vinny Castilla signs with the Braves - NYYFans.com Yankees Message Board
Vinny Castilla, the third baseman who resurrected his career with Houston last summer, has agreed to terms on a two-year deal with Atlanta, sources told SportsLine.com on Saturday.
Castilla, a two-time All Star and three-time Silver Slugger award recipient while with Colorado in the 1990s, was released by Tampa Bay in 2001 after batting just.201 with two homers and nine RBI in 24 games.
Castilla's bat helped Houston win the NL Central and advance to the playoffs, where they knocked off Atlanta in the first round.
www.nyyfans.com /forums/showthread.php?t=19987   (419 words)

  
 Padres trade Brian Lawrence for Vinny Castilla - Orioles Hangout Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Castilla is terrible away from Colorado and he's just going to another pitchers park.
Castilla will earn $3.2 million in the final year of his deal." I still don't understand why the Padres would want Vinny Castilla though.
Castilla is an awful hitter, one likely to get even worse with age and his numbers won't be helped by moving to an ever worse park for a hitter.
www.orioleshangout.com /forums/showthread.php?t=26593   (1120 words)

  
 ESPN.com - MLB - Vinny Castilla - Colorado Rockies - Player Card
Rockies September 3: Purchased the contract of infielder Vinny Castilla from Colorado Springs of the Pacific Coast League (AAA).
The Colorado Rockies designated Sunday as Vinny Castilla Day and all he wanted to do was thank the fans.
Vinny Castilla, a fan favorite in two stints with the Colorado Rockies, agreed to a minor league contract with the team and is expected to join the expanded roster in September.
sports.espn.go.com /mlb/players/profile?statsId=4746   (155 words)

  
 A Triumphant Return (washingtonpost.com)
Vinny Castilla powers the Nats to a 5-3 victory in the home opener.
Castilla was one single away from hitting for the cycle.
With third baseman Vinny Castilla going 3 for 3 and driving in four runs by smoking a double, triple and a home run, the Nationals have now won three straight, and improbably remain atop the National League East.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A54783-2005Apr14.html   (1292 words)

  
 Padres drop Vinny Castilla
The 39-year-old Castilla, who was acquired from Washington in exchange for right-hander Brian Lawrence in November 2005, was batting.232 in 254 at-bats, with 10 doubles, four home runs and 23 RBI in 72 games.
In 16 seasons, Castilla -- who also played for Atlanta, Tampa Bay, Colorado and Houston -- has a lifetime.276 average with 319 home runs, 1,101 RBI and 900 runs scored.
Castilla is the all-time Major League leader among Mexican-born players in hits, home runs, doubles, RBI, runs scored, extra-base hits and total bases.
www.softcom.net /webnews/wed/ag/Ubbn-castilla.Rmwu_GlJ.html   (164 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > San Diego Padres -- Padres' Lawrence to Nats for Castilla
Castilla batted.253 with 12 home runs and 66 RBI in 494 at-bats last season.
Towers expects Castilla's right-handed pull power to prove suitable at Petco Park, where Castilla hit three home runs in a three-game series in September 2004.
Castilla is due $3.2 million in 2006, the final year of his contract.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/padres/20051104-9999-1s4padres.html   (725 words)

  
 Scout.com: Who Are These Guys? Vinny Castilla
Last year, at a salary of $2.1 million, ESPN.com called Castilla one of the five best free agent steals.
Vinny might have more left in the tank than those three since conditioning has improved since they played, but expecting much over 20-25 homers is probably wishful thinking.
In the field, Castilla is a better than adequate third baseman.
nationals.scout.com /2/347473.html   (732 words)

  
 Scout.com: Vinny Castilla interview
Vinny Castilla, playing for Mexico in the WBC, had to face Padres teammate Jake Peavy on Tuesday.
Vinny Castilla: I feel -- first of all a lot of emotion.
VINNY CASTILLA: Well, I faced him before, and I know where he throws.
padres.scout.com /2/506424.html   (435 words)

  
 FOX Sports: Vinny Castilla
At the age of 37, Castilla regained the bat speed that made him one of the most feared fastball hitters in baseball.
When Castilla is hitting well, he sits on pitches, looking to drive them up the middle with the strength to go out of the ballpark the other way.
Asked to hit cleanup last year, Castilla even showed some plate discipline.
msn.foxsports.com /mlb/player/85560   (159 words)

  
 jessespector.com » Vinny Castilla
Thanks to his trade to the Padres last night, Vinny Castilla stands to join a strange club in 2006.
As the first player in major league history to suit up for the Devil Rays, Rockies, Astros and Padres, he’ll have worn some of the ugliest uniforms of all time.
Third, Castilla has shown himself to be pretty durable over the years, and maybe the knee problems work themselves out playing in cosntant 72-degree paradise.
jessespector.com /2005/11/04/vinny-castilla   (397 words)

  
 Castilla Dealt For a Pitcher
Castilla got off to a blazing start in April but struggled through the summer and wound up hitting.253 with 12 homers and 66 RBI, a fraction of his 2004 production, when he hit.271 with 35 homers and a National League-leading 131 RBI for the Colorado Rockies.
Castilla had $3.2 million remaining to be paid on the two-year, $6.2 million deal he signed with the Nationals last year.
Bowden said the move to trade Castilla and essentially put Zimmerman in the starting lineup was made easier by the performance of infielder Brendan Harris in the Arizona Fall League.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/03/AR2005110302139.html   (1177 words)

  
 Vinny Castilla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vinicio Castilla Soria, commonly known as Vinny Castilla [cass-TEE-yah] (born July 4, 1967 in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico), is a Major League Baseball third baseman who plays for the Colorado Rockies.
On August 14, the Rockies signed him to a minor league contract and he was recalled from the Colorado Springs Sky Sox on September 1, 2006.
On September 28, in a game against the Dodgers, Castilla had a pinch-hit RBI single in his last at bat at the Rockies' home stadium, Coors Field.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vinny_Castilla   (312 words)

  
 Braves Journal: Vinny Castilla
The Castilla acquisition marks a rare occurrence in which Scheurholz did something that was completely indefensible for no visible reason at all.
(And, again, Vinny took up the money.) Wes Helms actually outplayed Vinny last year -- he wasn't good, mind you, but he was basically Vinny with a few more points in the BA and a little more power -- and even managed to bench Vinny for a couple of games before he got hurt.
The signing of Vinnie was a perfectly bad move; because he's so bad, even fans who've never heard of Bill James or Rob Neyer recognize that he sucks which makes him a perfect case study for some sabrmetrics 101:
www.bravesbeat.com /bravesjournal/archives/2003/02/vinny_castilla.html   (667 words)

  
 Vinny Castilla Books on Amazon.com
Vinny Castilla made his Major League debut on 09-01-1991 with the Atlanta Braves.
Baseball Almanac is pleased to present all the Vinny Castilla books currently listed on Amazon.com - the leading providing of online Vinny Castilla books.
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www.baseball-almanac.com /books/index.php?p=castivi02   (282 words)

  
 Vinny Castilla
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Castilla, Vinny Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1997 Pinnacle X-Press Swing for the Fences NNO
Castilla, Vinny Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1998 Upper Deck No 354 1
members.tripod.com /~mavsfancp/players/castilla.html   (88 words)

  
 Vinny Castilla, NL Division Series, Interviews, ASAPSports FastScripts, Quotes, Transcript   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
VINNY CASTILLA: No. I was covering the bag, if Kent was taking off from third base.
I didn't know if he was going to go or not go but if the ball goes through, it could score two more runs right there.
Like I said before, I know he throws a lot of pitches to me and I was very committed for that -- he fooled me a little bit, but I got the hit.
www.asapsports.com /baseball/2002nlds/100502VC.html   (298 words)

  
 Colorado Rockies, Vinny Castilla, Major League Baseball - CBS SportsLine.com
DENVER -- Vinny Castilla, a fan favorite in two stints with the Colorado Rockies, agreed to a minor league contract with the team and is expected to join the expanded roster in September.
The 39-year-old third baseman was released by the San Diego Padres on July 21 after hitting.232 with four homers and 23 RBI in 72 games.
The team said Castilla will join the organization in an undetermined role after he retires.
cbs.sportsline.com /mlb/story/9601032/rss   (296 words)

  
 Padres Inside Pitch | Padres release Vinny Castilla, call up Thompson
The Padres today recalled right-handed pitcher Mike Thompson from Triple-A Portland and requested waivers on infielder Vinny Castilla for the purpose of giving him his unconditional release.
Castilla -- a likable veteran presence on the ballclub -- is batting.232 (59-for-254) with 10 doubles, four home runs and 23 RBI in 72 games for San Diego this season.
The 39-year-old Castilla was acquired by the Padres from the Washington Nationals in exchange for right-handed pitcher Brian Lawrence on November 3, 2005.
weblog.signonsandiego.com /sports/padres/insider/004210.html   (634 words)

  
 Vinny Castilla - Colorado Rockies - Sportsnet.ca
Nov 3, 2005: Washington Nationals traded Vinny Castilla to the San Diego Padres for Brian Lawrence.
Dec 13, 1999: Colorado Rockies traded Vinny Castilla to the Tampa Bay Devils Rays for Rolando Arrojo and Aaron Ledesma.
Nov 17, 1992: Claimed by the Colorado Rockies from the Atlanta Braves in Expansion Draft.
www2.sportsnet.ca /baseball/mlb/players/Vinny_Castilla   (474 words)

  
 Vinny Castilla
inning, when Vinny crashed a 2 run homer.
Then in the 7th inning Castilla hit a 3 run shot.
He got 3 hits in 5 at bats, scored 3 runs, crushed 2 home runs and had 5 RBI"s.
www.baseballhistorian.com /html/vinny_castilla.htm   (105 words)

  
 Vinny Castilla Autographs - Colorado Rockies - 1999 Pacific Autographed Card
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 Vinny Castilla MLB Baseball at CBS SportsLine.com
Houston 1B Jeff Bagwell and Colorado 3B Vinny Castilla filed for free agency Saturday, the last possible day, raising the total to 178.
Free agents could start negotiating money with all teams starting Sunday.
Castilla said at the end of last season he would retire.
www.sportsline.com /mlb/players/playerpage/7501   (195 words)

  
 Vinny Castilla Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org.
www.baseball-reference.com /c/castivi02.shtml   (873 words)

  
 ESPN.com - MLB - Vinny Castilla - Colorado Rockies - Player Card
ESPN.com - MLB - Vinny Castilla - Colorado Rockies - Player Card
Through December 26 - Current stats updated real-time, Career stats updated nightly.
Rockies fans say goodbye to Castilla in home finale
baseball.espn.go.com /mlb/players/profile?statsId=4746   (155 words)

  
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