{"id":573643,"date":"2026-02-15T08:38:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T08:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/573643\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T08:38:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T08:38:16","slug":"jackson-merrill-sends-clear-message-to-nick-castellanos-before-he-suits-up-for-the-padres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/573643\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackson Merrill sends clear message to Nick Castellanos before he suits up for the Padres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Jackson Merrill will have a new teammate for the 2026 season, none other than <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/nick-castellanos\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nick Castellanos<\/a>, who recently put his drama with the Philadelphia Phillies behind him and now appears to have the freedom to start fresh in the San Diego Padres clubhouse.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">\u201cNick can be himself and do whatever he wants in our clubhouse,\u201d Merrill said when asked about Castellanos\u2019 past issues in Philadelphia. He added, \u201cThat was the Phillies \u2014 we\u2019re the San Diego Padres.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">It\u2019s safe to assume other <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/mlb\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MLB<\/a> players were aware of the Miami incident and saw the letter Castellanos posted on Instagram following his release from the Phillies. What stands out is how quickly he secured a new team after departing Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>Merrill wasn\u2019t the only one to speak on Castellanos<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Beyond Merrill\u2019s comments, fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/san-diego-padres\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Padre<\/a> Mason Miller also addressed the addition, saying he is \u201cexcited for what he brings to the Padres.\u201d Miller added that players like Castellanos are exactly what the team needs to fill different roles.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Gavin Sheets was also asked about Castellanos, specifically whether he was concerned about Castellanos potentially impacting his role at first base, a position Castellanos has said he is willing to play if needed. Sheets\u2019 response suggested he is not worried about where his new teammate lines up defensively.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"End of an era: Nick Castellanos\u2019 jersey number claimed by new Phillies figure\" href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/mlb\/end-of-an-era-nick-castellanos-jersey-number-claimed-by-new-phillies-figure\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"article-also-read-embed\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aspect-square max-w-[100px] m-[10px] md:m-0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/nick-castellanos-1-200x200.webp.webp\" alt=\"End of an era: Nick Castellanos\u2019 jersey number claimed by new Phillies figure\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary my-[13px] uppercase text-alsoReadSeeAlso bg-alsoReadSeeAlsoBackground alsoReadSeeAlso w-fit\">see also<\/p>\n<p class=\"w-full line-clamp-3 md:line-clamp-2 text-alsoReadEmbedTitle font-primary alsoReadLink\">End of an era: Nick Castellanos\u2019 jersey number claimed by new Phillies figure<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"break-word\">\u201cThe Padres may have little money to spend, but in 24 hours sign OF Nick Castellanos and right-handers Griffin Canning and Germ\u00e1n M\u00e1rquez on cheap one-year deals,\u201d Bob Nightengale wrote about Castellanos\u2019 arrival in San Diego.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jackson Merrill will have a new teammate for the 2026 season, none other than Nick Castellanos, who recently&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2407],"tags":[5,4,8639,43,137,18,4339,4338],"class_list":{"0":"post-573643","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego-padres","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-nick-castellanos","11":"tag-padres","12":"tag-san-diego","13":"tag-san-diego-padres","14":"tag-sandiego","15":"tag-sandiegopadres"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116073746798316132","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}