Notable retirements:
2B Ernesto Campos - Brooklyn (2009-2012)
Enresto Campos was a relatively high 11th round pick for the Green Sox, picked for his defense and contact ability. His career was marked by a stellar consistency at the plate and glovework, winning his sole Gold Glove in 2009. His inability to stay off the DL hampered his career, as his playing time was slowly reduced. In 2010, many critics felt his career was over when he only managed a .263 average and a pitiful .613 OPS. However, he had a brilliant comeback year when he flirt with a .400 season in 2011, batting .420 over the course of 200 at bats after coming off the DL three seperate times, before slowly settling to a .349 average over 350 at bats. He finished his final year batting .299 and ending with a .305 career average.
SP Armando Cantu - Chula Vista (2009-2012)
Chula Vista drafted Cantu in the 15th round, considered one of the better steals in the draft. However, Cantu simply could not stay off the disabled list, suffering two seperate stints on the DL in 2009, a long back injury that kept him off the roster for four months in 2010, and finally a rotator cuff injury in 2012 that initially was projected to keep him on the 60 day DL for 5 months, which was extended another three months, til the starter finally called it quits. Only one year, 2011, was Cantu permitted to show off the promise he might have enjoyed had he stayed off the DL: a 14-7, 3.82 ERA season, with a good 1.27 WHIP.
Over the course of four injury plagued seasons, Cantu managed a 27-20 record.
1B Hector Castillo - Manchester (2009-2011), Wilton (2012)
Hector Castillo was drafted by Mancaster in the 10th round, and was expected to provide pop in the middle of the lineup. A gap-hitter, Castillo had a fair season in the Industrials' inaugeral year, hitting .281 with 32 doubles and 16 HR in 452 at bats, but the 32 year old fell well short of expectations, only driving in 78 runs. After 2009, his hitting drastically dropped off, with an OPS of .634 in 2010 and .616 in 2011. Salvaged off the scrap heap by the newly moved Wilton, his $1.1M, 1 year salary turned out to be overpaying the broken down first baseman, who embarrassed himself with a 2 for 37 stint before finally being demoted to AAA, where he stroked 19 HR in 92 games, but hitting .235 before finally hanging them up.
Notable retirements
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