Castro content as a back-up.....

There has been a rumor circulating for at least a month that the Mets have been shopping Ramon Castro. When healthy Castro has been one of the best hitting back-up catchers in the league which leads many to believe that the rumors are false or there must be more to the reason behind the rumors. The idea that the Mets want to trade Castro to save a mere 2MM and promote Robinson Cancel just doesn't cut it as an excuse for me, I always thought they were trying to find a way to sign Pudge. But Jon Heyman is reporting that the Mets attempted to make Castro the starting catcher and he didn't seem interested in the job. On a team in which the perception was that they weren't hungry and needed fiery leaders, for Castro to be perceived as a comfortable, laid-back back-up could be the kiss of death. Coincidentally the Astros have cut veteran catcher Hall due to his injury and maybe in the market for a veteran back-up behind their in-experienced younger catchers....

His best bet, ultimately, may be the Mets, who are shopping backup catcher Ramon Castro. Castro's stock plummeted in the eyes of the Mets when he declined a chance to becoming the starter a winter ago, seemingly because he preferred being a backup and having more days off. Castro is very talented, but the problem is that the teams that seek catchers aren't apt to want to trade for someone making $2.25 million. source SI.com