{"id":27611,"date":"2019-12-28T16:01:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T21:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=27611"},"modified":"2019-12-28T16:01:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T21:01:47","slug":"the-road-ahead-for-starlin-castro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2019\/12\/28\/the-road-ahead-for-starlin-castro\/","title":{"rendered":"The Road Ahead for Starlin Castro"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Road Ahead for Starlin Castro<\/h1>\n

Starlin Castro<\/a><\/strong> is a free agent for the first time in his career. After stints with the Chicago Cubs<\/a>, New York Yankees<\/a>, and Miami Marlins<\/a>, he could join his fourth different team in six seasons. Heading into his 30-year-old season, Castro is hoping to sign as an everyday player with a Major League club. Castro became a free agent after the Marlins did not pick up his $16 million<\/a> option on October 31, 2019.<\/p>\n

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Starlin Castro\u2019s $16M option will be declined and he will be bought out by Marlins for $1M. Not exactly a surprise. His contract was only acquired as a (partial) offset in Giancarlo trade.<\/p>\n

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) October 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n