What Position Is Nick Castellanos?

Nick Castellanos plays as a Right fielder (In baseball or softball, a right fielder is an outfielder who plays defense in the right field.

Right field is the outfield space to the right of a person standing at home plate and facing the pitcher’s mound.)

Nick Castellanos Cincinnati Reds Career

On January 27, 2020, Castellanos agreed to terms with the Cincinnati Reds on a four-year, $64 million contract. There was an opt-out clause in the contract.

In a season cut short by the COVID-19 epidemic in 2020, he hit.225 with 14 home runs and 34 RBI in 60 games.

On defense, Castellanos had the lowest fielding percentage of any big league right fielder (.963), with 4 defensive runs saved and a 3.0 final zone rating.

Reds announcer Thom Brennaman apologized for a homophobic slur he said on a hot mic earlier in the broadcast on August 19, 2020, during the first game of a doubleheader in Kauffman Stadium.

Castellanos hit a home run in the middle of his apology, and Brennaman had to interrupt his apology to broadcast the play-by-play.

“I pride myself and think of myself as a man of faith,” Brennaman said, “because there’s a drive into deep left field by Castellanos, and that’ll be a home run.”

As a result, it’ll be a 4-0 game.” As a copypasta, the incident became an online meme. “It was like listening to the band play on while the Titanic was sinking,” ESPN’s Pablo Torre later observed.

Except, in some ways, the band was also the tip of the iceberg.

Castellanos hit a home run at Kauffman Stadium on July 5, 2021, during a 96-year-old World War II veteran’s eulogy on the Kansas City Royals broadcast.

It landed in the far left corner of the field.

On the twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Castellanos smacked a home drive to left field two months later.

The Reds’ lead was now 4–0 after this home run.