It’s his hands of stone. He is about as brutal a middle infielder with the glove as you’ll ever see.

Combine that with no bat, and what do you have?

A really, really bad player who runs well. In my book that’s still a really, really bad player.

You can’t anticipate a double play. There are a lot of instances in baseball where a DP that looks like s sure thing isn’t completed. Blackburn still had to retire an extra batter, but he fell apart completely and that’s not all on Casilla. If there had been other misplays by the defense I’d be more sympathetic, but Blackburn gave up seven runs in the process of getting four outs. He’s lucky six of the runs were considered unearned.

I was really addressing the blog, not you, when pleading for more patience with the infielders in general and Casilla in particular. If there is a chance that his past is behind him, lets not let a dropped ball (or three) be his downfall.

I think if he had played this way at AAA, the Red Wing staff would have given him bad grades and he would not have been promoted.

Bottom line - I want to see more Casilla evaluation before he gets shipped out.

He also has a too nonchalant attitude for Gardy. As long as Gardy is the manager that has to count for something. I don’t know what Casilla does when he’s in AAA, but the way he plays with the Twins he is never going to win favor with Gardy. I know some people (myself included) have criticized how Gardy handles players, but he is who he is. Unless something drastic happens, Casilla doesn’t have a future with the Twins.