Castillo, who turns 32 today, seems to be the one member of the Seattle rotation who'll be available. President of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto has continuously shot down the idea of trading from his young quartet.
While Castillo is a less appealing target than Seattle's controllable arms, he should have positive trade value in his own right. He's coming off another productive season.
Castillo started 30 times and worked to a 3.64 earned run average over 175 1/3 innings. He punched out 24.3% of batters faced against a solid 6.5% walk percentage.
The differentiators between Castillo and his rotation mates are his contract and age. He's signed for three more seasons at $22.75MM annually. The deal contains a '28 vesting option.
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