Wellington Castillo gets ejected and has a tough weekend, a breakdown
What Happened
In a tense game between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees, catcher Welington Castillo finds himself at the center of a heated confrontation with home plate umpire Phil Cuzzi. In the bottom of the inning, Castillo is called out on strikes by Cuzzi and he immediately expresses his disagreement with the call, arguing that the pitch was too close to take. Castillo's frustration escalates as Cuzzi later calls a similar pitch a ball, leading the catcher to voice his displeasure again. Cuzzi warns Castillo not to continue discussing the pitch, but the White Sox player persists and Cuzzi has no choice but to eject him from the game. White Sox manager Ricky Renteria rushes to Castillo's defense, trying to argue on his player's behalf, but Cuzzi stands firm, explaining that he had to make the call because Castillo kept talking about the pitches. The heated exchange between Castillo and Cuzzi is captured in vivid detail, as the umpire asserts, "I had to do that because you started to talk about the pitch. You talk about me throwing him out, I'll give you some leeway. You start talking about the pitch, I've got to call it." The following game proves to be an equally challenging weekend for Welington Castillo. When he hits what he believes to be a home run, he fails to run hard out of the batter's box, settling for a single. This proves to be a costly mistake, as the next play results in a double play, ending the inning. Castillo's teammate, Yonder Alonso, is seen admonishing him, saying, "Don't like dude what he doing. You can't do that. You got to run." Castillo's tough weekend culminates with him being pulled from the game and subsequently placed on the 10-day injured list, with the team citing an unspecified injury. The summary provides a comprehensive account of Castillo's eventful couple of days, capturing the key moments, interactions and consequences that unfolded for the White Sox catcher.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentWelington Castillo got ejected from the
game versus the Yankees couple days ago
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jerseys dot-com see that pitch right
there
he gets rung up on it and look that's
close and he's like Phil Cuzzi the UMP
you look sunny music come on man
you gotta be kidding me serious he
strikes him out then later on he calls
that pitcher ball and now Castillo has a
problem he's like that's the same pitch
let's take another look at that pitch
right here let's take I think the break
is different but yeah I don't know
alright going slow going real slow yeah
it's off the plate maybe the other one
was who knows so he doesn't call that a
strike and now he's got a problem he
starts on or he says come on man that's
the same pitch she said don't talk about
the pitch anymore you're gone gone it
goes no I told you that was much further
you didn't see that pitch now and
Torreya comes in to protect his catcher
but they're yelling at each other he's
like I told him not to talk about the
pitch I told him he talked about the
pitch so he goes it was right in the
middle right in the middle
you've been bad all game I was gonna get
a little Moody get off me coach yeah I'm
out of here
now renter is gonna say Phil cuz like
take don't don't talk about the pitch if
you talk about the pitch I got to throw
you out to he's like well it was right
in the middle right in the middle you're
gone Renteria is like come on you'd have
to throw me out he's like oh I had to do
that I had to do that because you
started to talk about the pitcher you
talk about me throwing him out I'll give
you some leeway you start talking about
the pitch I got call yeah Castillo had a
rough series the very next game he hits
what he thinks is gonna be a home run
but it falls just short he dogged it
though didn't run hard out of the box
and held himself to a single which was
huge because the next play was then a
double play to get out of the inning
Yonder Alonso talks don't like dude what
he doing you can't do that
you got a run and then Castillo got
pulled from this game now he's on the 10
day DL they say something's hurting so
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