”…it’s not very nice to Nick. You also want to look up on Baseball Reference how many errors Nick has in the outfield. Zero. One of two guys that shows up in the playoffs for the Phillies in a year in and year out basis. It’s Nick Castellanos. Be careful everybody when you’re like, ‘I wanna run this guy out of town.’ Go watch him play.
“In my opinion, I think Philly fans still look at the batting average and when it’s on the board, they’re like, ‘Look at his batting average. This guy stinks. We gotta get Nick outta here.’ I don’t think you were saying that in the ‘24 playoffs, when he was coming up clutch, clutch in the playoffs. The reality is when you play in a city and you speak your mind, everybody thinks you better be hitting .300, or you’re not a good player anymore because you opened your mouth. And that’s why I think, sometimes players don’t wanna say things. They don’t wanna buck the system. The reality is that the best teams have people that are willing to say things and step up, not just for your own selfish ambition, but for the betterment of the team. And I think Nick truly believed he should have been a guy that was out there every single day.”