Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Two hits, double in win
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Castellanos went 2-for-4 with a double in Sunday's win over the Cubs.
Castellanos was the lone Phillie to record more than one hit in a low-scoring 2-1 victory. The 31-year-old Castellanos hasn't displayed much power of late -- Sunday's double was his first extra-base hit since May 9, a span of 10 games. Overall, he's still slashing a very solid .303/.349/.472with five home runs, 26 RBI, 32 runs scored and two stolen bases in 192 plate appearances this season.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Three-hit effort in win
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Castellanos went 3-for-4 with a walk, one RBI and one run scored in Saturday's 7-4 win over the Rockies.
Castellanos was one of four Phillies with multiple hits in the win. The outfielder has been swinging the bat well lately, going 12-for-32 (.375) with five extra base-hits and six RBI over his last eight contests. For the season, he's up to a .325/.374/.517 slash line with five home runs, 25 RBI, 30 runs scored, a stolen base and 14 doubles through 39 contests.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Swats fifth homer
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Castellanos went 3-for-4 with a double, a two-run home run and a second run scored in Tuesday's 8-4 win over the Blue Jays.
His fourth-inning shot off Alek Manoah gave the Phillies a lead they wouldn't relinquish. Five of Castellanos' last seven hits have gone for extra bases as he continues to tear the cover off the ball, and he now sports a .317/.367/.525 slash line on the season with five homers, 24 RBI and 28 runs through 36 games.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Launches fourth home run
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Castellanos went 2-for-5 with a solo homer in Saturday's 6-1 win over Houston.
Castellanos took Cristian Javier deep for a solo home run in the fourth inning to get the Phillies on the board. After going without a home run in his first 21 games, Castellanos has belted four long balls in the last seven games and has hit safely in nine of his last 10 appearances. After managing just 13 homers in 524 at-bats in 2022, Castellanos is on pace to best that total after putting up four in just 108 at-bats so far this season.
Castellanos went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run along with an additional RBI and run scored in Wednesday's victory over the Mariners.
Castellanos drove in three of the Phillies' six runs Wednesday, taking Logan Gilbert yard for a two-run shot in the second frame and plating Bryson Stott on a fifth-inning single. The veteran right fielder has carried a hot stick through 25 games this season, slashing .333/.396/.531 while hitting in the heart of a powerful Philadelphia lineup.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Powers up in Saturday's win
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Castellanos went 3-for-4 with a double and two solo home runs in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Rockies.
The veteran outfielder ended the longest power drought of his career -- his last homer came Aug. 27 of last season -- with an impressive performance that included launching the game-winning blast in the sixth inning off Kyle Freeland. Castellanos has been productive in 2023 prior to breaking out, however, and on the season he's batting .310 (26-for-84) with 10 doubles, 13 RBI and 18 runs in 22 contests.
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Phillies' Nick Castellanos: Three hits in Tuesday's matinee
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Castellanos went 3-for-4 with a walk, two runs scored and an RBI during a 7-4 win over the White Sox in the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader.
The veteran outfielder went 0-for-3 in the nightcap, but the Phillies only managed one hit against Lucas Giolito and the Chicago bullpen to split the twin bill. Castellanos is still looking for his first homer of 2023 but does have nine doubles, and he's slashing .294/.385/.426 through 18 games with 10 RBI and 15 runs.
Castellanos worked with hitting coach Kevin Long over the offseason to simplify his swing following a disappointing first season in Philadelphia, Alex Coffey of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
Castellanos homered just 13 times while slashing .263/.305/.389 in his Phillies debut, a line which made him a below-replacement player according to WAR when factoring in his poor defense. Sliders posed a particular problem, and opposing pitchers knew it, throwing him sliders 32.0 percent of the time compared to 21.8 percent against the rest of the league. Long noticed while reviewing the outfielder's film that Castellanos had added multiple extraneous movements of his bat, head and hands, which may have given him less time to see the pitch and decide to lay off as it dove out of the zone. It's too early to say if the changes will have any impact, but there's at least now a narrative to support those betting on a bounce-back.
