(So much for needing a wide velocity band to keep batters off-balance.) The main reason he's behind Castillo is he's reliably unreliable. He throws four pitches more than 10 percent of the time, and none of them clock in slower than 86 mph. The encouraging news is he's avoided the shelf so far, suggesting he should be able to return within a 15-day window. That is, as Joe Girardi used to say, not what you want. Montas is scheduled to miss a start with a shoulder injury. Possible fits: Mets, Dodgers, Yankees, Red Sox, every other contender. Assuming that teams are comfortable with his shoulder's health - and bear in mind, he'd never been on the injured list before this spring - he should appeal to every contender seeking an above-average starting pitcher with another year of team control after this season. Castillo's fastball-changeup combination remains the key to his game, with the latter standing out as one of the best of its kind. He's done that while accumulating a would-be career-best 158 ERA+ in 12 starts.
Castillo has since rebuilt his arm strength, clearing the way for his average fastball to clock in within 0.2 mph of last year's standard. He missed April with a sore throwing shoulder, and he then returned with reduced velocity. Castillo has a leg (or is it an arm?) up on the other top starting pitchers expected to be moved this deadline: he got his injury out of the way early.
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