Five Toronto Blue Jays Who Should Be on the Trading Block Right Now

Miguel Castro

Mar 31, 2015; Dunedin, FL, USA; Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Miguel Castro (71) throws a pitch during the seventh inning of a spring training baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Florida Auto Exchange Park. The Blue Jays won 10-6. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports

Miguel Castro burst onto the Major League scene as a 20 year old fireball throwing pitcher from the Dominican Republic. He has been used, during the early parts of this season, in the closer role for Toronto after the team had difficulty with Brett Cecil in the pressure cooking role.

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Castro came in on April 6 against the New York Yankees and within his first 1 1/3 innings of work, he finished off the game and the Blue Jays went on to win.

The fireballer is also currently in the Blue Jays history books as the youngest player ever to play for the Toronto Blue Jays. His history book record was broken a few days later, by teammate Roberto Osuna. By early May, this year, Castro was sent back to Buffalo to pitch with the Buffalo Bisons in AAA.

There have been discussions that they would turn Castro into a starting pitcher in Buffalo with the hopes and plans of having him be ready for a starting role within the Toronto Blue Jays rotation in 2016. He has not returned to the Blue Jays just yet. However, his youth, pitch speed and promising talent could be used elsewhere for another team wanting to begin a rebuild mode.

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