Phillies Lose One in Round 1 of Rule 5 Draft

The Cubs selected Lendy Castillo from the Phillies in the first round of this year’s Rule 5 Draft. (Baseball America report)

Castillo (22 yrs old) has been in the Phillies organization since 2007. He has stats as both an infielder and pitcher.

In 2011 he went 4-2 in 21 games with a 2.54 ERA for Lakewood.

Considering this was the Major League portion of the draft… the Cubs must see something in him.

I’d never heard of him before…