Paul Folkemer

The Ex-Os Report: Looking at the 2017 Orioles that are elsewhere — or nowhere — this season

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Welington Castillo, Chicago White Sox

Castillo was productive at the plate in his lone year with the Orioles, batting .282 with 20 homers, 53 RBIs and an .813 OPS in 96 games. Those solid stats convinced him to decline his $7 million option with the Orioles for 2018 and try his luck in free agency. Before the market collapsed, Castillo landed a two-year, $15 million contract with the White Sox on Dec. 1.

Castillo, a veteran presence on a rebuilding White Sox team, hasn’t hit for average (.226) or gotten on base (.273) so far, but he has popped two homers and is slugging .484 in 10 games. Behind the dish, Castillo has thrown out only two of nine attempted base stealers after nailing a league-best 49% for the Orioles last season.

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