Castro being called up?

[ruby23]

<!--quoteo(post=95711:date=May 10 2010, 03:12 PM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ May 10 2010, 03:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=95679:date=May 10 2010, 11:06 AM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ May 10 2010, 11:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->If you don't think Castro, even at this current moment, looks better at SS than Theriot, you're batshit crazy. Theriot's been a 2B playing SS his whole career, he just about blows an O-ring every time he tries to throw to 1B, not to mention his non-existent range at SS. At 2B, he's pretty good, better than Fontenot or Baker by a good margin. The same margin that Castro is better than Theriot at SS by. Thinking that Castro isn't an automatic upgrade defensively at SS over Theriot is beyond goofy. I must be watching something different, because the differences I've seen in the past handful of days are very noticable.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


You realize defense is made up of a number of components, including range, arm, glove, and intelligence, right? The fact that Castro has more range and a better arm than Theriot does not make him a better fielder than Theriot, by default, and certainly doesn't make anyone questioning his fielding so far a lunatic.

As the Sun Times pointed out today, in 3 games Castro:

-missed a tag
-committed an error
-missed a foul pop up
-failed to retire a batter on a slow roller.

Would Theriot have made all of these plays? I have no idea. He's a pretty limited shortstop. But to take all of these plays made/not made by Castro in only 3 games, and pretend he is Ozzie Smith, is crazy. I have no doubt that eventually Castro will be a much better fielder than Theriot. That doesn't mean he is now.
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He is better now though, and Theriot is better at 2B than Fontenot/Baker.