The Chicago Cubs probably wish they signed Vinny Castilla when he was released by Tampa Bay. While Castilla has added another big bat to Houston's imposing lineup, the Cubs are searching...
While the Tampa Bay Devil Rays add power hitters like Greg Vaughn and Vinny Castilla the Twins sign Butch Huskey as a home run threat. Photos While Twins ace Brad Radke may depart for an $8 million, four-year...
...drove in the go-ahead run and Finley allowed four hits and struck out seven in 6 1-3 innings. -- Javy Lopez and Vinny Castilla, Braves, hit back-to-back homers in the second inning. SHOULDERING A LOSS St. Louis third baseman Scott Rolen...
...Foursome won't be at full force for another week. The Devil Rays open their season tonight at Minnesota without Vinny Castilla, who is on the 15-day disabled list with a strained muscle in his rib cage. He was acquired from Colorado in a...
...The year before, Minnesota knocked out a measly 115. The Devil Rays added high-priced sluggers Greg Vaughn and Vinny Castilla in the offseason, but the Twins didn't have the millions of dollars needed for a proven slugger. They did sign...
...Matthew LeCroy said. "They're both different, but they do the same thing -- throw strikes." Andruw Jones, Vinny Castilla and Matt Franco hit consecutive home runs in a seven-run fifth inning and Keith Lockhart and Javy Lopez also homered...
...allowing an earned run, gave up a two-out infield single to Tom Prince that glanced off the glove of third baseman Vinny Castilla in the 15th. With Prince running on a 2-2 pitch, Guzman drove the ball off the right-field wall. First baseman...
...any judgments.'' Of course, it might be too soon to expect immediate changes. Juan Gonzalez, Shawn Green and Vinny Castilla, three top sluggers traded during the winter, haven't been big hits in their new towns, either. And, as Piniella...
...bid to become the American League's first nine-game winner, giving up four runs and 10 hits in six innings. Vinny Castilla hit a solo homer in the fifth and Berkman hit his two-run shot in the sixth. The bottom of the fifth began with...
...since 1985. Third baseman Jeff Cirillo and pitchers Rolando Arrojo and Scott Karl went to Colorado and third baseman Vinny Castilla moved to Tampa Bay. A total of nine players changed places by the time the Rockies, Brewers, Devil Rays and Athletics...
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