Twins Players Aren't Happy Castillo Is Gone

Published: July 31, 2007, 8:42 am

Tags: joe nathan, joenathan, luis castillo, luiscastillo, terry ryan, terryryan, torii hunter, toriihunter

Filed under: Minnesota, Twins, AL Central, MLB GossipWhen the Twins sent Luis Castillo to the Mets yesterday for a couple of minor league prospects, it sent a somewhat indirect message that Terry Ryan and the organization don't think that the Twins are going to make another late season run to the playoffs.Ryan also made the trade knowing that it would upset some of the players in the clubhouse, and it has."This is one of the obvious ones that's not a positive," [Joe] Nathan said. "You know, I don't think there's one guy in this clubhouse that looks at the move as something that helped our team.""These guys might have a plan, you never know," center fielder Torii Hunter said. "I don't think they've just given up. You probably have to lose one guy to make something happen. And [today], if nothing [else] happens, I guess it was a bad deal."Castillo was one of the more popular players in the clubhouse and he was hitting over .300 in the lead-off spot, so there was never any doubt he'd be

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