PITTSBURGH — Pirates general manager Ben Cherington, on his radio show with 93.7 The Fan on Sunday, was asked about a potential suspension being served to infielder Rodolfo Castro after his infamous cellphone incident in Arizona last week.
Cherington basically brushed it off. Castro, the Pirates and even the umpires from that game against the Diamondbacks, all believed Castro made an honest mistake. Because they hadn’t heard anything regarding a potential suspension within a week of the incident, they believed Castro was in the clear. Multiple Pirates officials told the Post-Gazette off the record they didn’t expect to hear anything from the league.
As it turns out, they were wrong. The league issued a one-game suspension and a fine to Castro.
